Narrative Prosthesis

Narrative Prosthesis
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Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 9780472120802
ISBN-13 : 0472120808
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Book Synopsis Narrative Prosthesis by : David T. Mitchell

Download or read book Narrative Prosthesis written by David T. Mitchell and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse develops a narrative theory of the pervasive use of disability as a device of characterization in literature and film. It argues that, while other marginalized identities have suffered cultural exclusion due to a dearth of images reflecting their experience, the marginality of disabled people has occurred in the midst of the perpetual circulation of images of disability in print and visual media. The manuscript's six chapters offer comparative readings of key texts in the history of disability representation, including the tin soldier and lame Oedipus, Montaigne's "infinities of forms" and Nietzsche's "higher men," the performance history of Shakespeare's Richard III, Melville's Captain Ahab, the small town grotesques of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Katherine Dunn's self-induced freaks in Geek Love. David T. Mitchell is Associate Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies, Northern Michigan University. Sharon L. Snyder is Assistant Professor of Film and Literature, Northern Michigan University.


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