Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse
(Part of the Corporealities: Discourses of Disability Series)
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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0472067486
ISBN13:9780472067480
Release Date:January 2001
Publisher:University of Michigan Press
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
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status quo at risk
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Narrative Prosthesis has been terrific in both my personal research as well as a supplemental text for an honors course in Disability Studies. The textual body and physical body are rife with meaning.
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