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Author:
Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009044080
Title:
Extraordinary bodies : figuring physical disability in American culture and literature / Rosemarie Garland Thomson.
Edition:
Twentiety anniversary edition.
Publisher:
Columbia University Press,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xx, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:
People with disabilities in literature.
American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Literature and society--United States.
American fiction.
Literature and society.
People with disabilities in literature.
United States.
1800-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-189) and index.
Contents:
Politicizing bodily differences -- Constructing disabled figures : cultural and literary sites -- Benevolent maternalism and the disabled women in Stowe, Davis, and Phelps -- Disabled women as powerful women in Petry, Morrison, and Lorde -- Conclusion: From pathology to identity.
ISBN:
023118316X
9780231183161
9780231183178
0231183178
OCLC:
(OCoLC)964538937
Locations:
OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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