Thrice Unseen, Forever on Borrowed Time

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ID4438970
AuthorsMaría Elena Cepeda (0000-0002-6076-4083, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume120
Issue2
Pages301-320
Publication date2021-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth Atlantic Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-2876 • E-ISSN: 1527-8026
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00382876-8916046
OpenAlexW3163539075
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited18

Designed to amplify and archive narratives frequently erased in official accounts of faculty life, this article centers a Latina feminist testimonio approach in its personal examination of mentally disabled faculty members and crip time, or the unique temporalities experienced by disabled individuals and the temporal strategies that they purposefully deploy. The analysis specifically focuses on mentally disabled faculty who are multiply marginalized, or those who often go "thrice unseen" within neoliberal US academia. It is framed throughout by a series of personal observations regarding the singular characteristics of crip time as it is lived by the author, herself a mentally disabled faculty member. Building on the scholarship of disability, queer, and ethnic studies scholars, it explores fraught concepts such as the pressure to pass for neurotypical, societal expectations regarding marriage and reproduction, academic collegiality, and the politics of workplace disclosure. The article closes with a consideration of crip time as pandemic time, as it ponders the distinct parallels between temporal existence during a pandemic and a life always lived through crip time, as well as the potential for reimaging time in a post-COVID world

Art · Literature · Narrative · Parallels · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · Temporalities · Disability Rights and Representation · Gender Studies · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Social Work Education and Practice

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