Recovering bodies : illness, disability, and life-writing /

"A compelling look at personal narratives of HIV/AIDS, breast cancer paralysis, and deafness, Recovering Bodies examines many forms of life writing - including memoirs, diaries, collaborative narratives, photo documentaries, and essays - to illuminate the ways in which these narratives address...

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मुख्य लेखक: Couser, G. Thomas
स्वरूप: Licensed eBooks
भाषा:अंग्रेज़ी
प्रकाशित: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1997.
श्रृंखला:Wisconsin studies in American autobiography.
ऑनलाइन पहुंच:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=18955
विषय - सूची:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Human Conditions
  • Illness, Disability, and Life Writing
  • 2. Medical Discourse and Subjectivity
  • 3. Self-Reconstruction: Personal Narratives of Breast Cancer
  • 4. HIV/AIDS and Its Stories
  • 5. Crossing (Out) the Border: Autobiography and Physical Disability
  • 6. Signs of Life: Deafness and Personal Narrative
  • 7. Epilogue: The Value of Body Stories.