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Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature Twentieth Anniv Edition
Contributor(s): Thomson, Rosemarie Garland (Author)

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ISBN: 0231183178     ISBN-13: 9780231183178
Publisher: Columbia University Press
OUR PRICE: $31.50  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
- Sports & Recreation
- Social Science | Media Studies
Dewey: 813.009
LCCN: 2016956461
Age Level: 22-UP
Grade Level: 17-UP
Lexile Measure: 1680
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (0.75 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Physically Challenged
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
Extraordinary Bodies is a cornerstone text of disability studies, establishing the field upon its publication in 1997. Framing disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one, the book added depth to oppressive narratives and revealed novel, liberatory ones. Through her incisive readings of such texts as Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron Mills, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson exposed the social forces driving representations of disability. She encouraged new ways of looking at texts and their depiction of the body and stretched the limits of what counted as a text, considering freak shows and other pop culture artifacts as reflections of community rites and fears. Garland-Thomson also elevated the status of African-American novels by Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde. Extraordinary Bodies laid the groundwork for an appreciation of disability culture and an inclusive new approach to the study of social marginalization.
 
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