03035nam 2200685 a 450 991082432060332120200520144314.01-283-38136-297866133813610-230-36000-910.1057/9780230360006(CKB)2670000000132219(EBL)832181(OCoLC)769139351(SSID)ssj0000571150(PQKBManifestationID)11335834(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571150(PQKBWorkID)10611692(PQKB)10745085(DE-He213)978-0-230-36000-6(MiAaPQ)EBC832181(EXLCZ)99267000000013221920111121d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPostcolonial fiction and disability exceptional children, metaphor and materiality /Clare Barker1st ed. 2011.Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;New York Palgrave Macmillan20111 online resource (253 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-33878-8 0-230-30788-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 'Decrepit, Deranged, Deformed': Indigeneity and Cultural Health in Potiki -- Hunger, Normalcy, and Postcolonial Disorder in Nervous Conditions and The Book of Not -- Cracking India and Partition: Dismembering the National Body -- The Nation as Freak Show: Monstrosity and Biopolitics in Midnight's Children -- 'Redreaming the World': Ontological Difference and Abiku Perception in The Famished Road -- Conclusion: Growing Up -- Bibliography -- Index.This book is the first study of disability in postcolonial fiction. Focusing on canonical novels, it explores the metaphorical functions and material presence of disabled child characters. Barker argues that progressive disability politics emerge from postcolonial concerns, and establishes dialogues between postcolonialism and disability studies.Fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismFiction21st centuryHistory and criticismPeople with disabilities in literatureChildren in literaturePostcolonialism in literatureMetaphor in literatureFictionHistory and criticism.FictionHistory and criticism.People with disabilities in literature.Children in literature.Postcolonialism in literature.Metaphor in literature.809/.933527LIT008000LIT004120LIT000000bisacshBarker Clare1980-1751986MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824320603321Postcolonial fiction and disability4187150UNINA