{"product_id":"venus-on-wheels-9780520217164","title":"Venus on Wheels","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecords the relationship that developed between the author and Diane DeVries, a woman born with all the physical and mental equipment she would need to live in our society - except arms and legs. This work argues that DeVries is a perfect example of an American woman coming of age in the second half of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. My Introduction to Diane\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Crisis of Representation: Why It Is Time\u003cbr\u003e for Cultural Biography\u003cbr\u003e 3· \"There's Nothing about the Disabled Woman\u003cbr\u003e and the Disabled Culture\"-Diane DeVries, 1976\u003cbr\u003e 4· Disability in American Culture:\u003cbr\u003e Transformations in Diane's Life and Life Story\u003cbr\u003e 5· How Typical or Representative (and of What)\u003cbr\u003e Is the Life of Diane De Vries?\u003cbr\u003e 6. \"The Biography in the Shadow\" Meets \"Venus on\u003cbr\u003e Wheels\": From Empathy to the Mirror Phenomenon\u003cbr\u003e 7. !-Witnessing Diane's \"I\": Time, Ethics, and\u003cbr\u003e Epistemology\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Women in Diane's Body:\u003cbr\u003e Narrative Ambiguity in a Material World\u003cbr\u003e 9· Conclusion: Truly Your Diane\u003cbr\u003e Photographs\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Credits\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402808959319,"sku":"9780520217164","price":24.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520217164.jpg?v=1730481567","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/venus-on-wheels-9780520217164","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}