title: Queer/fear: disability, sexuality, and the other.
abstract: This paper examines the relationship between disability and "queerness." I argue that the hostility frequently expressed against both disabled and queer individuals is a function of fear of the undecidability of the body. I draw on feminist, queer, and disability theory to help us understand this phenomenon and suggest that these different kinds of theories have a complementary relationship. That is, feminist and queer theory help us see how this fear works, disability theory helps us see why it exists.
authors.affiliation: The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. njh@sas.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Nancy J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Hirschmann
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology*; D019513:Feminism; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical