Extraordinary Bodies

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Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature

By Rosemarie Garland Thomson

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Extraordinary Bodies is a foundational work in disability studies that reframes disability as a minority discourse rather than a purely medical issue. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson offers insightful analyses of literary and cultural texts, from Uncle Tom's Cabin to Toni Morrison's novels, exposing social forces shaping representations of disability. The book broadens the study of social marginalisation by including popular culture and elevating disability culture.
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Ideal for students and scholars of disability studies, literature, cultural studies, and social theory, as well as readers interested in feminist and race theory.

Extraordinary Bodies is a cornerstone text of disability studies, establishing the field upon its publication in 1997. Framing disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one, the book added depth to oppressive narratives and revealed novel, liberatory ones.

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Extraordinary Bodies is a cornerstone text of disability studies, establishing the field upon its publication in 1997. Framing disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one, the book added depth to oppressive narratives and revealed novel, liberatory ones.

Through her incisive readings of such texts as Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron Mills, Rosemarie Garland Thomson exposed the social forces driving representations of disability. She encouraged new ways of looking at texts and their depiction of the body and stretched the limits of what counted as a text, considering freak shows and other pop culture artifacts as reflections of community rites and fears.

Garland Thomson also elevated the status of African-American novels by Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde. Extraordinary Bodies laid the groundwork for an appreciation of disability culture and an inclusive new approach to the study of social marginalization.

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Praised for its originality and depth, Extraordinary Bodies is regarded as a seminal text in disability studies. Critics highlight its profound insights into historical ideologies affecting disabled people and its contributions to feminist, race, and poststructuralist theory. Reviewers describe the work as fascinating, theoretically rich, and an essential foundation for academic discourse on marginality and the body.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780231183178

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 March 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Columbia University Press

Edition: Twentieth Anniversary Edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Rosemarie Garland Thomson

About the Author

Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is professor of English at Emory University and the author of Staring: How We Look (2009) and the editor of Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body (1996).