Crip Colony - Book talk with Dr. Sony Coráñez Bolton

About This Event

In Crip Colony: Mestizaje, US Imperialism, and the Queer Politics of Disability in the Philippines (Duke 2023), Sony Coráñez Bolton examines the racial politics of disability, mestizaje, and sexuality in the Philippines. Drawing on literature, poetry, colonial records, political essays, travel narratives, and visual culture, Coráñez Bolton traces how disability politics colluded with notions of Philippine mestizaje.

Reception to follow at the Romance Studies Lounge.

The event is also accessible online via Zoom registration.

Featured Guests

Sony Coráñez Bolton, Amherst College

Co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Studies, Southeast Asia Studies Program, and Asian American Studies Program