Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature - Rosemarie Garland Thomson - Books - Columbia University Press - 9780231105170 - December 16, 1996
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Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature


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Inaugurates a new field of disability studies by framing disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one. The book examines disabled figures in Uncle Tom's Cabin and in African-American novels by Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde as well as in the popular cultural ritual of the freak show.


248 pages, 13 illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 16, 1996
ISBN13 9780231105170
Publishers Columbia University Press
Pages 248
Dimensions 227 × 154 × 7 mm   ·   320 g

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