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Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse - Softcover

Book 14 of 40: Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability

Mitchell, David T.; Snyder, Sharon L.

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9780472067480: Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse
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ISBN 10: 0472067486 ISBN 13: 9780472067480
Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 2001

Synopsis

Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse develops a narrative theory of the pervasive use of disability as a device of characterization in literature and film. It argues that, while other marginalized identities have suffered cultural exclusion due to a dearth of images reflecting their experience, the marginality of disabled people has occurred in the midst of the perpetual circulation of images of disability in print and visual media. The manuscript's six chapters offer comparative readings of key texts in the history of disability representation, including the tin soldier and lame Oedipus, Montaigne's "infinities of forms" and Nietzsche's "higher men," the performance history of Shakespeare's Richard III, Melville's Captain Ahab, the small town grotesques of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Katherine Dunn's self-induced freaks in Geek Love.David T. Mitchell is Associate Professor of Literature and Cultu

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About the Author

David T. Mitchell is Associate Professor of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois-Chicago.


Sharon L. Snyder is Assistant Professor of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

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Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0472067486
ISBN 13 
9780472067480
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
229
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  • 4.08 out of 5 stars
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