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UNINA9910812082003321 |
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Autore |
Couser G. Thomas |
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Titolo |
Recovering bodies : illness, disability, and life writing / / G. Thomas Couser ; with a foreword by Nancy Mairs |
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Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1997 |
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1-282-42412-2 |
9786612424120 |
0-299-15563-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (335 p.) |
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Collana |
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Wisconsin studies in American autobiography |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sick - United States - Biography - History and criticism |
People with disabilities - United States - History and criticism |
Sick - United States - Psychology |
People with disabilities - United States - Psychology |
Autobiography |
Biography as a literary form |
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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. 299-310) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Nancy Mairs -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Human Conditions-Illness, Disability, and Life Writing -- 2. Medical Discourse and Subjectivity -- 3. Self-Reconstruction: Personal Narratives of Breast Cancer -- 4. HIV/AIDS and Its Stories -- 5. Crossing (Out) the Border: Autobiography and Physical Disability -- 6. Signs of Life: Deafness and Personal Narrative -- 7. Epilogue: The Value of Body Stories -- References -- Index. |
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