Postcolonial Fiction and Disability

Exceptional Children, Metaphor and Materiality
2011. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-30788-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

This book is the first study of disability in postcolonial fiction. Focusing on canonical novels, it explores the metaphorical functions and material presence of disabled child characters. Barker argues that progressive disability politics emerge from postcolonial concerns, and establishes dialogues between postcolonialism and disability studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barker, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction 'Decrepit, Deranged, Deformed': Indigeneity and Cultural Health in Potiki Hunger, Normalcy, and Postcolonial Disorder in Nervous Conditions and The Book of Not Cracking India and Partition: Dismembering the National Body The Nation as Freak Show: Monstrosity and Biopolitics in Midnight's Children 'Redreaming the World': Ontological Difference and Abiku Perception in The Famished Road Conclusion: Growing Up Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

CLARE BARKER Lecturer in English at the University of Birmingham, UK.