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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971069103321

Autore

Fries Kenny <1960->

Titolo

Body, remember : a memoir / / Kenny Fries; with a new preface

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, 2003

ISBN

9786612738807

9781282738805

1282738801

9780299190538

0299190536

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Living out

Disciplina

818/.5409

Soggetti

Authors, American - 20th century

People with disabilities - United States

Leg - Abnormalities - Patients - United States

Gay men - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- One: Questions of Origin -- Two: Heat and White Stone -- Three: Wishing for the Cloths of Heaven -- Four: A Difference in Time.

Sommario/riassunto

In this poetic, introspective memoir, Kenny Fries illustrates his intersecting identities as gay, Jewish, and disabled. While learning about the history of his body through medical records and his physical scars, Fries discovers just how deeply the memories and psychic scars run. As he reflects on his relationships with his family, his compassionate doctor, the brother who resented his disability, and the men who taught him to love, he confronts the challenges of his life. Body, Remember is a story about connection, a redemptive and passionate testimony to one man's search for the sources of identity and difference.