"In this book, the first to explore the role of disability in the writings of James Joyce, contributors examine the varying ways in which Joyce's texts represent disability and the environmental conditions of his time that stigmatized, isolated, and othered individuals with disa…
Introduction -- On kinship with literary characters: the power of fiction -- Between indigenous beliefs and colonial invasion: the vital role of disability -- in Achebe's Things fall apart -- Extraordinary bodies: magic realism, disability, and Rushdie's Midnight's children -- H…
"This volume analyzes representations of disability in art from antiquity to the twenty-first century, incorporating disability studies scholarship and art historical research and methodology. This book brings these two strands together to provide a comprehensive overview of the…
A pre-history of narrative prosthesis -- Renaissance historiography -- An age of enlightenment -- An age of satire -- Human flourishing -- Approaching normal -- Spectacular metaphors -- Why Tonga must die -- We normals -- Destigmatizing difference -- Disability autobiography -- …