Title Extraordinary bodies : figuring physical disability in American culture and literature / Rosemarie Garland Thomson

Published New York : Columbia University Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (x, 200 pages) : illustrations Series ACLS Humanities E-Book Contents Part 1.....POLITICIZING BODILY DIFFERENCES -- 1. Disability, Identity, and Representation: An Introduction -- 2. Theorizing Disability -- Part 2.....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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-189) and index Notes Print version record Subject American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism People with disabilities in literature. Human body in literature. Human body -- Social aspects. People with disabilities -- Social aspects Women in literature. Popular culture -- United States -- History Sideshows -- United States -- History Feminism and literature -- United States American fiction Feminism and literature Human body in literature Human body -- Social aspects People with disabilities in literature Popular culture Sideshows Women in literature United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 96021998 ISBN 0231105177 9780231105170 0231105169 9780231105163

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