{"product_id":"reading-embodied-citizenship-disability-narrative-and-the-body-politic-the-american-literatures-initiative-9780813554518","title":"Reading Embodied Citizenship Disability Narrative","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Examining a diverse range of texts, \u003ci\u003eReading Embodied Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"A unique, compelling, original contribution that combines superb scholarship with an activist sensibility. Highly recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1 Domesticating the Exceptional: Those Extraordinary Twins and the Limits of American Individualism\u003cbr\u003e 2 \"Marvelous and Very Real\": The Grotesque in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and Wise Blood\u003cbr\u003e 3 The Uniform Body: Spectacles of Disability and the Vietnam War\u003cbr\u003e 4 Conceiving the Freakish Body: Reimagining Reproduction in Geek Love and My Year of Meats\u003cbr\u003e 5 Some Assembly Required: The Disability Politics of Infinite Jest\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Inclusion, Fixing, and Legibility\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e About the Author","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138177696087,"sku":"9780813554518","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813554518.jpg?v=1751918314","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reading-embodied-citizenship-disability-narrative-and-the-body-politic-the-american-literatures-initiative-9780813554518","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}