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EXPOSING NEOLIBERAL CONTRADICTIONS: SOCIAL ABJECTION OF DISABLED BODIES IN FRANCESCA MARTINEZ’S ALL OF US
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Francesca Martinez’s All of Us (2022) offers a critical examination of the social abjection of disabled bodies within the context of neoliberal Britain. This article conducts a close reading of the play to analyse how austerity policies, labour market pressures, and ableist assumptions intersect to reinforce the marginalisation of disabled individuals. Drawing on Judith Butler’s concept of social abjection, this article argues that the play exposes the paradoxical nature of neoliberal rhetoric: While claiming to promote independence and self-reliance, the neoliberal state’s restrictive disability assessment processes and benefit reductions ultimately reinforce dependence and economic precarity. Through its portrayal of disabled characters affected by systemic injustice, the play exposes how neoliberalism renders certain bodies socially and politically unintelligible. Martinez challenges these exclusions by rejecting the notion that disability is a condition to be fixed, instead portraying it as a site where systemic injustice is enacted and exclusion is normalised, contributing to broader debates on disability justice and exposing the structural dynamics of social abjection under neoliberal governance.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
- Butler, J. (1993). Bodies that matter: On the discursive limits of “sex”. Routledge.
- Chakelian, A. (2014, July 7). Francesca Martinez: “The fact that I’m wobbly and a woman terrifies TV commissioners.” The New Statesman.
- Grover, C., & Soldatic, K. (2013). Neoliberal restructuring, disabled people and social (in)security in Australia and Britain. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 15(3), 216–232.
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- Kristeva, J. (1982). Powers of horror: An essay on abjection (L. S. Roudiez, Trans.). Columbia University Press.
- Martinez, F. (2014, August 6). Comedian Francesca Martinez: “I’ve accepted my cerebral palsy - now I’m calling on others to join the revolution.” The Independent.
- Martinez, F. (2022). All of Us. NHB.
Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili, Edebiyatı ve Kültürü
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Yayımlanma Tarihi
16 Ekim 2025
Gönderilme Tarihi
14 Nisan 2025
Kabul Tarihi
5 Mayıs 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2025 Cilt: 13 Sayı: 26
APA
Alhas, M. İ. (2025). EXPOSING NEOLIBERAL CONTRADICTIONS: SOCIAL ABJECTION OF DISABLED BODIES IN FRANCESCA MARTINEZ’S ALL OF US. HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 13(26), 19-32. https://doi.org/10.20304/humanitas.1675926
AMA
1.Alhas Mİ. EXPOSING NEOLIBERAL CONTRADICTIONS: SOCIAL ABJECTION OF DISABLED BODIES IN FRANCESCA MARTINEZ’S ALL OF US. Humanitas. 2025;13(26):19-32. doi:10.20304/humanitas.1675926
Chicago
Alhas, Melike İrem. 2025. “EXPOSING NEOLIBERAL CONTRADICTIONS: SOCIAL ABJECTION OF DISABLED BODIES IN FRANCESCA MARTINEZ’S ALL OF US”. HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 13 (26): 19-32. https://doi.org/10.20304/humanitas.1675926.
EndNote
Alhas Mİ (01 Ekim 2025) EXPOSING NEOLIBERAL CONTRADICTIONS: SOCIAL ABJECTION OF DISABLED BODIES IN FRANCESCA MARTINEZ’S ALL OF US. HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 13 26 19–32.
IEEE
[1]M. İ. Alhas, “EXPOSING NEOLIBERAL CONTRADICTIONS: SOCIAL ABJECTION OF DISABLED BODIES IN FRANCESCA MARTINEZ’S ALL OF US”, Humanitas, c. 13, sy 26, ss. 19–32, Eki. 2025, doi: 10.20304/humanitas.1675926.
ISNAD
Alhas, Melike İrem. “EXPOSING NEOLIBERAL CONTRADICTIONS: SOCIAL ABJECTION OF DISABLED BODIES IN FRANCESCA MARTINEZ’S ALL OF US”. HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 13/26 (01 Ekim 2025): 19-32. https://doi.org/10.20304/humanitas.1675926.
JAMA
1.Alhas Mİ. EXPOSING NEOLIBERAL CONTRADICTIONS: SOCIAL ABJECTION OF DISABLED BODIES IN FRANCESCA MARTINEZ’S ALL OF US. Humanitas. 2025;13:19–32.
MLA
Alhas, Melike İrem. “EXPOSING NEOLIBERAL CONTRADICTIONS: SOCIAL ABJECTION OF DISABLED BODIES IN FRANCESCA MARTINEZ’S ALL OF US”. HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 13, sy 26, Ekim 2025, ss. 19-32, doi:10.20304/humanitas.1675926.
Vancouver
1.Melike İrem Alhas. EXPOSING NEOLIBERAL CONTRADICTIONS: SOCIAL ABJECTION OF DISABLED BODIES IN FRANCESCA MARTINEZ’S ALL OF US. Humanitas. 01 Ekim 2025;13(26):19-32. doi:10.20304/humanitas.1675926






