Description
Book SynopsisDrawing from major figures in American literature, including Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, and David Foster Wallace, as well as introducing texts from the emerging canon of disability studies, Emily Russell demonstrates the place of disability at the core of American ideals.
Trade Review"Examining a diverse range of texts,
Reading Embodied Citizenship does a terrific job of situating readings of disabled bodies in a broad historical and cultural context. Elegantly done!" -- Diane Price Herndl * author of Invalid Women *
"A unique, compelling, original contribution that combines superb scholarship with an activist sensibility. Highly recommended." * Choice *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1 Domesticating the Exceptional: Those Extraordinary Twins and the Limits of American Individualism
2 "Marvelous and Very Real": The Grotesque in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and Wise Blood
3 The Uniform Body: Spectacles of Disability and the Vietnam War
4 Conceiving the Freakish Body: Reimagining Reproduction in Geek Love and My Year of Meats
5 Some Assembly Required: The Disability Politics of Infinite Jest
Conclusion: Inclusion, Fixing, and Legibility
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
