| #100232 in Books | imusti | 1996-04-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .54 x5.98 x9.01l,.69 | File type: PDF | 248 pages | Columbia University Press||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A Fantastic Example of the Intersectionality of Disability Theory|By RDD|In "Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature", Rosemarie Garland Thomson works to “alter the terms and expand our understanding of the cultural construction of bodies and identity by reframing ‘disability’ as another culture-bound, physically j||Provides complex answers to the puzzle of American images of disabilities from the nineteenth century to the present. This is a solid, useful book which all readers interested in the relationship between society and culture must read.
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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.
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature | Rosemarie Garland Thomson. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
