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Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature

Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

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Description:As the first major critical study to examine literary and cultural representations of physical disability, Extraordinary Bodies situates disability as a social construction, shifting it from a property of bodies to a product of cultural rules about what bodies should be or do. Rosemarie Garland Thomson examines disabled figures in sentimental novels such as Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron Mills, African-American novels by Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde, and the popular cultural ritual of the freak show.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature. To get started finding Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 200

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Publisher: Columbia University Press

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ISBN: 0231105177

Description: As the first major critical study to examine literary and cultural representations of physical disability, Extraordinary Bodies situates disability as a social construction, shifting it from a property of bodies to a product of cultural rules about what bodies should be or do. Rosemarie Garland Thomson examines disabled figures in sentimental novels such as Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron Mills, African-American novels by Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde, and the popular cultural ritual of the freak show.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature. To get started finding Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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