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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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
©1997.
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| Serie: | Wisconsin studies in American autobiography.
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| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=18955 |
Sommario:
- 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.