LEADER 03990nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910779092003321 005 20230725060000.0 010 $a1-283-86418-5 010 $a0-8135-4990-6 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813549903 035 $a(CKB)2550000000083661 035 $a(EBL)848722 035 $a(OCoLC)775301972 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000599837 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11399321 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000599837 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10599285 035 $a(PQKB)10218023 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC848722 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8160 035 $a(DE-B1597)530281 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813549903 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL848722 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10531168 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL417668 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000083661 100 $a20100503d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading embodied citizenship$b[electronic resource] $edisability, narrative, and the body politic /$fEmily Russell 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican Literatures Initiative 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4939-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Domesticating the exceptional: Those extraordinary twins and the limits of American individualism -- Marvelous and very real: the grotesque in The heart is a lonely hunter and Wise blood -- The uniform body: spectacles of disability and the Vietnam War -- Conceiving the freakish body: reimagining reproduction in Geek love and My year of meats -- Some assembly required: the disability politics of Infinite jest -- Conclusion: inclusion, fixing, and legibility. 330 $aLiberal individualism, a foundational concept of American politics, assumes an essentially homogeneous population of independent citizens. When confronted with physical disability and the contradiction of seemingly unruly bodies, however, the public searches for a story that can make sense of the difference. The narrative that ensues makes "abnormality" an important part of the dialogue about what a genuine citizen is, though its role is concealed as an exception to the rule of individuality rather than a defining difference. Reading Embodied Citizenship brings disability to the forefront, illuminating its role in constituting what counts as U.S. citizenship. Drawing from major figures in American literature, including Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, and David Foster Wallace, as well as introducing texts from the emerging canon of disability studies, Emily Russell demonstrates the place of disability at the core of American ideals. The narratives prompted by the encounter between physical difference and the body politic require a new understanding of embodiment as a necessary conjunction of physical, textual, and social bodies. Russell examines literature to explore and unsettle long-held assumptions about American citizenship. 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHuman body in literature 606 $aPeople with disabilities in literature 606 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature 606 $aHuman body$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHuman body in literature. 615 0$aPeople with disabilities in literature. 615 0$aNational characteristics, American, in literature. 615 0$aHuman body$xPolitical aspects 676 $a813/.540935287 700 $aRussell$b Emily$f1979-$01228834 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779092003321 996 $aReading embodied citizenship$93844701 997 $aUNINA