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Reading Embodied Citizenship

By Emily Russell

Book information

Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
0813549906, 9780813549903
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1791268 bytes)
Edition
ebook
Pages
264\263
Time added
2019-04-20 08:54:05

Description

Reading Embodied Citizenship brings disability to the forefront, illuminating its role in constituting what counts as U.S. citizenship. Drawing from major figures in American literature, including Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, and David Foster Wallace, as well as introducing texts from the emerging canon of disability studies, Emily Russell demonstrates the place of disability at the core of American ideals. Russell examines literature to explore and unsettle long-held assumptions about American citizenship.

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