Shannon Walters
Biographic Data
| ID | 5964938 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shannon Walters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shannon |
| FAMILY NAME | Walters |
| SIGNATURE | WALTERS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Crip Mammy
The article explores the mammy stereotype in the graphic-written memoir, The Ride Together. This white American family employs an African American domestic worker, who is portrayed in stereotypical mammy fashion, to care for an autistic family member. Using crip theory, the article advances critical discussions of race, autism, and disability beyond analogy and erasure, arguing that the mammy stereotype, when examined in its historical context an…
Toward a Critical ASD Pedagogy of Insight
In this article, I report on the results of a case study of two students with self-identified Asperger Syndrome (AS) in first-year university writing courses. After exploring existing conversations that tend to ignore the voices of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), I propose a methodology based on the concept of ASD as insight, rooted in critical disability studies, in which the perspectives of neurodiverse students are prioritized. …
Rhetorical Touch
"Rhetorical Touch argues for an understanding of touch as a rhetorical art by approaching the sense of touch through the kinds of bodies and minds that rhetorical history and theory have tended to exclude. In resistance to a rhetorical tradition focused on shaping able bodies and neurotypical minds, Shannon Walters explores how people with various disabilities--psychological, cognitive, and physical--employ touch to establish themselves as commun…
Everyday Life, Everyday Death
In this article I note limits of cultural activism in third-wave feminism, demonstrating that this activism often relies on a music scene that neglects intersections of race and gender. I offer the space of the online fansite as an alternative site for analysis, describing it as a site for everyday activism and consumer activism. Specifically, I explore the online fansite of the HBO show Six Feet Under, describing how fans treat subjects of gende…
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Everyday Life, Everyday Death
In this article I note limits of cultural activism in third-wave feminism, demonstrating that this activism often relies on a music scene that neglects intersections of race and gender. I offer the space of the online fansite as an alternative site for analysis, describing it as a site for everyday activism and consumer activism. Specifically, I explore the online fansite of the HBO show Six Feet Under, describing how fans treat subjects of gende…
Rhetorical Touch
"Rhetorical Touch argues for an understanding of touch as a rhetorical art by approaching the sense of touch through the kinds of bodies and minds that rhetorical history and theory have tended to exclude. In resistance to a rhetorical tradition focused on shaping able bodies and neurotypical minds, Shannon Walters explores how people with various disabilities--psychological, cognitive, and physical--employ touch to establish themselves as commun…
Toward a Critical ASD Pedagogy of Insight
In this article, I report on the results of a case study of two students with self-identified Asperger Syndrome (AS) in first-year university writing courses. After exploring existing conversations that tend to ignore the voices of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), I propose a methodology based on the concept of ASD as insight, rooted in critical disability studies, in which the perspectives of neurodiverse students are prioritized. …
Crip Mammy
The article explores the mammy stereotype in the graphic-written memoir, The Ride Together. This white American family employs an African American domestic worker, who is portrayed in stereotypical mammy fashion, to care for an autistic family member. Using crip theory, the article advances critical discussions of race, autism, and disability beyond analogy and erasure, arguing that the mammy stereotype, when examined in its historical context an…
Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works)