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BL
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992840
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b747210
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| Main Entry
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Mintz, Susannah B.,1965-
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| Title & Author
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Unruly bodies : : life writing by women with disabilities /\ Susannah B. Mintz.
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: The University of North Carolina Press,, [2007]
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, ©2007
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1 online resource (x, 251 pages)
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| ISBN
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0807877638
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: 146960616X
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: 9780807877630
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: 9781469606163
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0807831336
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0807858307
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9780807831335
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9780807858301
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index.
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| Contents
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Auto/body/ography : the fragmented texts of Nancy Mairs -- Tyranny of the visual : Lucy Grealy & Georgina Kleege -- Sexual selves, community allegiance : Connie Panzarino & Eli Clare -- Alternative motherhoods : Denise Sherer Jacobson & Anne Finger -- A brief history of aging : the journals of May Sarton.
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| Abstract
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The first critical study of personal narrative by women with disabilities, Unruly Bodies examines how contemporary writers use life writing to challenge cultural stereotypes about disability, gender, embodiment, and identity. Writers discussed include Nancy Mairs, Lucy Grealy, Georgina Kleege, Connie Panzarino, Eli Clare, Anne Finger, Denise Sherer Jacobson, and May Sarton.
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Autobiography-- Women authors.
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Women with disabilities-- United States, Biography.
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Women's studies-- Biographical methods.
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Autobiography-- Women authors.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Social Scientists Psychologists.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Feminist.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- People with Disabilities.
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Women with disabilities.
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Women's studies-- Biographical methods.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.4092/273
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HV1569.3.W65M56 2007eb
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