Resisting the rhetoric of indexing
Disability, access, and the 2005 Tennessee State Capitol sit-in
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12739870 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith A Bennett (0000-0002-2426-7071, Vanderbilt University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 235-253 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-1420 • E-ISSN: 1479-4233 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14791420.2022.2086280 |
| OpenAlex | W4283205196 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Healthcare has traditionally been structured by biopolitical processes of indexing. The rhetorical practice of indexing stratifies bodies into risk categories and determines who has access to services and at what cost. Indexing generalizes features of identity, artificially classifying them into risk categories to maximize corporate profits. This dubious process accounts for traditional matters of health such as disease and illness, but also assesses broad demographic markers such as gender, race, and disability. This essay engages an attempt by disability activists to resist such practices through a 2005 sit-in at the Tennessee State Capitol
Linguistics · Political science · Programming language · Rhetoric · Search engine indexing · State (computer science · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Philosophy · Publishing and Scholarly Communication
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |