Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability In American Culture And Literature - 9780231183178

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

• | Author: Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 07, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0231183178
• | ISBN-13: 9780231183178