Robert McRuer

American academic

Robert McRuer (born 1966) is an American theorist who has contributed to queer and disability studies. He is currently professor of English at The George Washington University.

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  • The system of compulsory able-bodiedness, which in a sense produces disability, is thoroughly interwoven with the system of compulsory heterosexuality that produces queerness.
    • Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability (NYU Press: 2006), p. 2
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