Die Komik der Leistung. Über Disability Performance und das Lachen des Publikums

Based on a research project on Disability Performance (within the CRC 1482 Studies in Human Categorization, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the University of Mainz), this chapter focuses on different historical and contemporary examples of disabled performers who work deliberately with humour and laughter on stage as well as with new understandings of performance and skills – either as a reaction to the expectations of the audience or as an anti-ableist, or even emancipatory strategy.

Wihstutz, Benjamin 2022: Die Komik der Leistung. Über Disability Performance und das Lachen des Publikums, in: Susanne Hartwig (Hg.), Lachgemeinschaften? Komik und Behinderung im Schnittpunkt von Ästhetik und Soziologie, Peter Lang, S. 85-106.