Postcolonial fiction and disability : exceptional children, metaphor and materiality /

Postcolonial Fiction and Disability explores the politics and aesthetics of disability in postcolonial literature. The first book to make sustained connections between postcolonial writing and disability studies, it focuses on the figure of the exceptional child in well-known novels by Grace, Dangar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barker, Clare
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Temas:
1900-2099
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Children with disabilities in literature.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
Enfants handicapés dans la littérature.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
Literary studies: post-colonial literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Literature.
Children with disabilities in literature
English fiction
Postcolonialism in literature
Postkoloniale Literatur.
Englisch.
Motiv (Musik)
Kind.
Behinderung.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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