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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464600503321

Autore

Kravitz Bennett

Titolo

Representations of illness in literature and film [[electronic resource] /] / by Bennett Kravitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010

ISBN

1-282-58850-8

9786612588501

1-4438-2090-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Disciplina

791.436561

Soggetti

Diseases in motion pictures

Diseases in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-130).

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONCLUSION; WORKS CITED; NOTES

Sommario/riassunto

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...