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Twentieth anniversary edition. |
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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Table of Contents ; Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition; Preface and Acknowledgments ; I. Politicizing Bodily Differences; 1. Disability, Identity, and Representation: An Introduction; 2. Theorizing Disability ; Illustrations ; II. Constructing Disabled Figures: Cultural and Literary Sites ; 3. The Cultural Work of American Freak Shows, 1835-1940; 4. Benevolent Maternalism and the Disabled Women in Stowe, Davis, and Phelps ; 5. Disabled Women as Powerful Women in Petry, Morrison, and Lorde ; Conclusion: From Pathology to Identity ; Notes ; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Extraordinary Bodies is a cornerstone text of disability studies, establishing the field upon its publication in 1997. Framing disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one, the book added depth to oppressive narratives and revealed novel, liberatory ones. Through her incisive readings of such texts as Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron Mills, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson exposed the social forces driving representations of disability. She encouraged new ways of looking at texts and their depiction of the body and stretched the li. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
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19th century |
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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20th century |
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People with disabilities in literature.
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People with disabilities in literature. |
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Human body in literature.
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Human body in literature. |
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Human body -- Social aspects.
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Human body -- Social aspects. |
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People with disabilities -- Social conditions.
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People with disabilities -- Social conditions. |
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Women in literature.
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Women in literature. |
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Popular culture -- United States -- History.
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Popular culture. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Sideshows -- United States -- History.
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Sideshows. |
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Feminism and literature -- United States.
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Feminism and literature. |
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1800-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Print version: Thomson, Rosemarie Garland. Extraordinary Bodies : Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature. La Vergne : Columbia University Press, ©2017 9780231183178 |
| ISBN |
9780231544771 (electronic book) |
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0231544774 (electronic book) |
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