Drawing on the archives of the Black Panther Party and the National Black Women's Health Project, Sami Schalk explores how issues of disability have been and continue to be central to Black activism from the 1970s to the present.
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Sami Schalk is an author whose work centers on the intersections of disability, race, and gender in contemporary American literature and culture. Her scholarship specifically delves into African American literature, speculative fiction, and the works of women writers. Schalk's writing is distinguished by its insightful examination of complex social issues and their portrayal within literary art. She brings a unique perspective to the discourse, enriching our understanding of contemporary American literary landscapes.
- 2022
- 2018
Bridging black feminist theory with disability studies, Sami Schalk traces how black women's speculative fiction complicates the understanding of bodyminds in the context of race, gender, and (dis)ability, showing how the genre's exploration of bodyminds that exist outside of the present open up new social and ethical possibilities.