ISBN:
9780813549392
,
0813549396
,
9780813554518
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 253 S.
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
American literatures initiative
Series Statement:
[Cultural studies / Literary studies]
DDC:
813/.540935287
Keywords:
American fiction History and criticism 20th century
;
Human body in literature
;
People with disabilities in literature
;
National characteristics, American, in literature
;
Human body Political aspects
;
American fiction
;
20th century
;
History and criticism
;
Human body in literature
;
People with disabilities in literature
;
National characteristics, American, in literature
;
Human body
;
Political aspects
;
United States
;
Fiktionale Darstellung
;
USA
;
Literatur
;
Nationalcharakter
;
Individualismus
;
Körper
;
Behinderter Mensch
Abstract:
Introduction -- Domesticating the exceptional: Those extraordinary twins and the limits of American individualism -- Marvelous and very real: the grotesque in The heart is a lonely hunter and Wise blood -- The uniform body: spectacles of disability and the Vietnam War -- Conceiving the freakish body: reimagining reproduction in Geek love and My year of meats -- Some assembly required: the disability politics of Infinite jest -- Conclusion: inclusion, fixing, and legibility
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Domesticating the exceptional: Those extraordinary twins and the limits of American individualism -- Marvelous and very real: the grotesque in The heart is a lonely hunter and Wise blood -- The uniform body: spectacles of disability and the Vietnam War -- Conceiving the freakish body: reimagining reproduction in Geek love and My year of meats -- Some assembly required: the disability politics of Infinite jest -- Conclusion: inclusion, fixing, and legibility.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references pp. [227] - 241 and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=34954
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