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Autore |
Kravitz Bennett |
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Titolo |
Representations of illness in literature and film [[electronic resource] /] / by Bennett Kravitz |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-58850-8 |
9786612588501 |
1-4438-2090-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (138 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Diseases in motion pictures |
Diseases in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-130). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONCLUSION; WORKS CITED; NOTES |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines the ways that various syndromes, disorders and diseases appear in modern literature and film. What is especially interesting is that rather than be portrayed as an insurmountable handicap, limitation becomes the hero of the novels and films under discussion. What once would have been rejected as flawed, ill, diseased or unworthy has now earned the opportunity to be included into mainstream society. By accepting the other, these works of art allow previous outcasts of soc... |
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