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Podcast: The Pulse
Episode: What is Ablenationalism? Anastasia Todd
Description: Joeita speaks about "Affective Ablenationalism" with Anastasia Todd from the University of Kentucky.SUMMARYAn in-depth conversation about disability and ablenationalism, exploring how disabled individuals are often coded as able-bodied in the imagined community of the nation. Using the story of Trevor Maroshek, a former Navy SEAL, and his service dog, Chopper as a case study, we examine the concept of service dogs as a technology of rehabilitation, allowing disabled individuals to fit into the able-bodied norm and the white American nuclear family, the veneration of Chopper as a national hero and the r...