Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure

by Eli Clare

Book Overview

In Brilliant Imperfection Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure--the deeply held belief that body-minds considered broken need to be fixed. Cure serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, and prioritizes some lives over others. It provides comfort, makes profits, justifies violence, and promises resolution to body-mind loss. Clare grapples with this knot of contradictions, maintaining that neither...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822362872
• ISBN13: 9780822362876
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

One of my FAVORITE reads

I read this book for a class on queer theory and disability, and I loved it! A great read for examining the intersectionality of queer living, trans studies, physical disability, and mental health. Can't recommend it enough!