9780231105170-0231105177-Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature

Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature

ISBN-13: 9780231105170
ISBN-10: 0231105177
Edition: First Edition
Author: Rosemarie Garland Thomson
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback 200 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780231105170
ISBN-10: 0231105177
Edition: First Edition
Author: Rosemarie Garland Thomson
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback 200 pages

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Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature (ISBN-13: 9780231105170 and ISBN-10: 0231105177), written by authors Rosemarie Garland Thomson, was published by Columbia University Press in 1996. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Sports & Entertainment (Industries, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Sociology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Sports & Entertainment books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Inaugurates a new field of disability studies by framing disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one, revising oppressive narratives and revealing liberatory ones. The book examines disabled figures in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron Mills, in African-American novels by Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde, and in the popular cultural ritual of the freak show.

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