| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Corporealities : discourses of disability |
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Corporealities.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Welcome to HandiLand -- Part One. Kids in Public Space: A Theory in Stories. 1 Play Structures; 2 Masculinity at the Orthopedic Preschool; 3 Epistemology of the Toilet -- Part Two. Nature. 4 Moving Together Side by Side: Human-Animal Comparisons in Picture Books. 5 Disservice Animals: Hyperbole and a Half's Test Anxiety for Dogs and Humans -- Part Three. School. 6 Rehearsing the Future; 7 One Difference at a Time -- Part Four. Fantasy. 8 Portkeys to Disability in British Fantasy Literature; 9 Inside Your Head: Harry Potter's Pain and Disability Fandom; 10 Runoff: Afroaquanauts in Landscapes of Sacrifice -- Conclusion: Tomorrowland -- Appendix A: Picture Books Featuring Children with Disabilities and Animals |
| Summary |
"HandiLand looks at young adult novels, fantasy series, graphic memoirs, and picture books of the last 25 years in which characters with disabilities take center stage for the first time. These books take what others regard as weaknesses--for instance, Harry Potter's headaches or Hazel Lancaster's oxygen tank--and redefine them as part of the hero's journey. HandiLand places this movement from sidekick to hero in the political contexts of disability rights movements in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ghana. HandiLand moves through the public spaces young people with disabilities have entered, including schools, nature, and online communities. How does Afrofuturist science fiction shed light on the Flint water crisis? How does Harry Potter strengthen fans struggling with depression? How does Wonder offers strategies for entering a new school with a visible disability? As a disabled person and parent of children with disabilities, Wheeler offers an inside look into families who collude with their kids in shaping a better world."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 12, 2020) |
| Subject |
Youth with disabilities in literature.
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Youth with disabilities in comics.
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Children with disabilities in literature.
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Children with disabilities in comics.
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Young adult fiction -- History and criticism
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Fantasy literature -- History and criticism
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Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism
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Picture books -- History
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Youth with disabilities in comics
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Children with disabilities in comics
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Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc.
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Children with disabilities in literature
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Fantasy literature
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Picture books
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Young adult fiction
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Youth with disabilities in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Comics criticism
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Literary criticism
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Literary criticism.
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Comics criticism.
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Critiques littéraires.
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Critiques de bandes dessinées et de romans graphiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019980233 |
| ISBN |
9780472125715 |
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0472125710 |
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