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Reading Embodied Citizenship: Disability, Narrative, and the Body Politic (American Literatures Initiative)
Reading Embodied Citizenship Disability Narrative and the Body Politic - American Literatures Initiative
Author: Emily Russell
Liberal individualism, a foundational concept of American politics, assumes an essentially homogeneous population of independent citizens. When confronted with physical disability and the contradiction of seemingly unruly bodies, however, the public searches for a story that can make sense of the difference. The narrative that ensues makes "abno...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780813549392
ISBN-10: 0813549396
Publication Date: 3/1/2011
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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