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Queering disability? – Michael Akers’ MORGAN from the Disability Studies perspective

Posted on 24th March 2016 by Pivec

*This is a guest post by Petra Anders, Ph.D.*

Michael Akers’ drama Morgan (2012) deals with a young man named Morgan who used to be an enthusiastic cyclist. He had won a lot of medals and awards but after having had a severe accident Morgan sees himself confronted with paraplegia. His mother, his friend Lane and Dean, his new love(r), become important people on his way back to everyday life.

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