This copy of the Davis book is the 4th edition. While the 5th edition is the one required for this class, many of the readings are similar, so we have posted it here if it is helpful.
James C. Wilson. "(Re)Writing the Genetic Body-Text: Disability, Textuality, and the Human Genome Project."Cultural Critique, No. 50 (Winter, 2002), pp. 23-39
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Tobin Siebers. "Disability in Theory: From Social Constructionism to the New Realism of the Body." American Literary History Vol. 13, No. 4 (Winter, 2001), pp. 737-754
Katzenstein, Larry. "Betting on Seabiscuit: Laura Hillenbrand beat the odds to write the hit horse-racing saga while fighting chronic fatigue syndrome, a mysterious disorder starting to yield its secrets." Smithsonian. December 2002, Vol. 33 Issue 9, 58
Najarian, C. G. (2006). Deaf Mothers, Maternal Thinking and Intersections of Gender and Ability. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 8(2-3), 99-119.