| Description |
1 online resource (x, 251 pages) |
| Summary |
The first critical study of personal narrative by women with disabilities, Unruly Bodies examines how contemporary writers use life writing to challenge cultural stereotypes about disability, gender, embodiment, and identity. Writers discussed include Nancy Mairs, Lucy Grealy, Georgina Kleege, Connie Panzarino, Eli Clare, Anne Finger, Denise Sherer Jacobson, and May Sarton. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index. |
| Contents |
Auto/body/ography : the fragmented texts of Nancy Mairs -- Tyranny of the visual : Lucy Grealy & Georgina Kleege -- Sexual selves, community allegiance : Connie Panzarino & Eli Clare -- Alternative motherhoods : Denise Sherer Jacobson & Anne Finger -- A brief history of aging : the journals of May Sarton. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Women with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.
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Autobiography -- Women authors.
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Women's studies -- Biographical methods.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Feminist.
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Autobiography -- Women authors.
(OCoLC)fst00822617
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Women with disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01178680
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Women's studies -- Biographical methods.
(OCoLC)fst01178855
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mintz, Susannah B., 1965- Unruly bodies. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007 9780807831335 0807831336 (DLC) 2007004956 (OCoLC)85484883 |
| ISBN |
9780807877630 (electronic bk.) |
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0807877638 (electronic bk.) |
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9781469606163 (electronic bk.) |
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146960616X (electronic bk.) |
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