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Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature
Contributor(s): Thomson, Rosemarie Garland (Author)

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 ISBN: 0231105169     ISBN-13: 9780231105163
Publisher: Columbia University Press
OUR PRICE: $94.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 1997
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation
- Literary Criticism | American - General
- Social Science | Media Studies
Dewey: 813.009
LCCN: 96021998
Age Level: 22-UP
Grade Level: 17-UP
Lexile Measure: 1680(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" L (1.04 lbs) 248 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Physically Challenged
 
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Publisher Description:
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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