| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 253 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
American Literatures Initiative
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American Literatures Initiative.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 -- Domesticating the Exceptional: Those Extraordinary Twins and the Limits of American Individualism; 2 -- "Marvelous and Very Real": The Grotesque in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and Wise Blood; 3 -- The Uniform Body: Spectacles of Disability and the Vietnam War; 4 -- Conceiving the Freakish Body: Reimagining Reproduction in Geek Love and My Year of Meats; 5 -- Some Assembly Required: The Disability Politics of Infinite Jest; Conclusion: Inclusion, Fixing, and Legibility; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
Reading Embodied Citizenship brings disability to the forefront, illuminating its role in constituting what counts as U.S. citizenship. Drawing from major figures in American literature, including Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, and David Foster Wallace, as well as introducing texts from the emerging canon of disability studies, Emily Russell demonstrates the place of disability at the core of American ideals. Russell examines literature to explore and unsettle long-held assumptions about American citizenship. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Human body in literature.
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Human body in literature. |
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People with disabilities in literature.
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People with disabilities in literature. |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
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Human body -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Human body -- Political aspects. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Russell, Emily. Reading Embodied Citizenship : Disability, Narrative and the Body Politic. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©2011 9780813549392 |
| ISBN |
9780813549903 (electronic book) |
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0813549906 (electronic book) |
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9780813549392 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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0813549396 |
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