Signifying bodies : disability in contemporary life writing / G. Thomas Couser.
| Author/creator | Couser, G. Thomas |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2009. |
| Description | viii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Corporealities Corporealities. ^A437391 |
| Contents | Introduction: the some body memoir -- Paradigms cost: disability and cultural representation -- Rhetoric and self-representation in disability memoir -- Double exposure: performing conjoined twinship -- Identity, identicality, and life writing: telling (the silent) twins apart -- Autoethnography and developmental disability: riding the bus with my sister -- Disability as metaphor: what's wrong with Lying -- Lucy Grealy and the some body obituary -- Life writing and disability law: undoing hardship -- Epilogue: the new disability memoir. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009018643 |
| ISBN | 9780472070695 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 047207069X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780472050697 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0472050699 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS153.P48 C68 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |