This special issue of JCLDS will consider the representation of disability in drama and theatrical performance.
Disability representations in dramatic literature in any time period. Please note global literatures are welcome, but must be written about in English translation.
Creating disability culture through performance.
Creating Deaf culture through performance.
Intersectional identities in drama (e.g., what might crip and camp have to say to one another? How do race and disability interrelate on stage?).
The disabled body configured in theatrical spaces.
Disabled or Deaf playwrights, actors, theater companies, and performance artists.
Community-based theaters that engage disability topics and disability aesthetics.
"Deaf gain" and "Disability gain" in dramatic performance and writing (for a discussion of "Deaf gain," see the introduction to Deaf Gain: Raising the Stakes for Human Diversity (U of Minnesota P, 2014)).
The politics and possibilities surrounding disability and casting.
Disability aesthetics in drama and performance.
The social, political, and/or aesthetic implications of recent initiatives to make theatre more accessible.
The aesthetics of disability "accommodations" (traditional and innovative).
Training and professional development for disabled playwrights, actors, and performance artists.
15th January 2016: submission of a 500 words proposal and a one-page curriculum vitae to guest editors at anfox@davidson.edu and csandahl@uic.edu.
15th February 2016: prospective authors notified of proposal status.
1st August 2016: final versions of selected papers due to editors.
1st November 2016: Decisions and revisions on submissions sent to authors.
1st February 2017: Final, revised papers due.