Gawking, Gaping, Staring: Living in Marked Bodies

A Public Lecture by Eli Clare

Wednesday, October 22nd
7 PM, Watson Theater
Syracuse University Campus

Disabled people, trans people, fat people, and people of color all know what it's like to be stared at. Through words and images, Eli explores the internal experiences of living in marked bodies and the external meanings of oppression and bodily difference.

Eli Clare weaves hope, critical analysis, and compassionate storytelling together in his work on disability and queerness, insisting on the twine of race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability. Eli is the author of Exile and Pride and The Marrow's Telling. Visit Eli's website at http://eliclare.com.

This lecture is being presented in conjunction with The Fall 2008 Ray Smith Symposium: Feminist Rhetorics for Social Justice, October 23 and 24, 2008. For more information on the symposium, please visit http://wrt.syr.edu:16080/frsj/  

Co-sponsors of this lecture include The Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies, The LGBT Resource Center, The LGBT Studies Program, and The Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Department.

For more information on this lecture or accessibility, contact Jessica Bacon at jkbacon@syr.edu or visit the BCCC website at http://bccc.syr.edu.  

CART will be provided. Free and open to the public.
Also scheduled:

STORIES IN MOTION: LISTENING TO THE MARROW
A STORYTELLING WORKSHOP FACILITATED BY ELI CLARE
HOL 500
Thursday, October 23, 2008, 4:15-6:15 pm

Which stories do we tell about our embodied experiences of race, disability, violence, class, gender identity, and sexuality? This workshop delves into the ways our stories not only repeat, but also contradict, each other. It creates space for the telling of privilege as well as oppression. It acknowledges the activist power of story to reach across chasms of power and insist upon wholeness. Includes facilitated discussion, small group work, and journal writing. Free and open to the public. For more information on this workshop, contact Jessica Bacon at jkbacon@syr.edu. Space is limited.

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