Extraordinary bodies figuring physical disability in American culture and literature
Rosemarie Garland Thomson.
- New York Columbia University Press c1997.
- x, 200 p. ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-189) and index.
0231105169 (cloth : acid-free paper)
96021998
American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century Feminism and literature--United States. Sideshows--History.--United States Popular culture--History.--United States Women in literature. People with disabilities--Social conditions. Body, Human--Social aspects. Body, Human, in literature. People with disabilities in literature. American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century