LEADER 03035nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910824320603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-38136-2 010 $a9786613381361 010 $a0-230-36000-9 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230360006 035 $a(CKB)2670000000132219 035 $a(EBL)832181 035 $a(OCoLC)769139351 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000571150 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11335834 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571150 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10611692 035 $a(PQKB)10745085 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-36000-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC832181 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000132219 100 $a20111121d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPostcolonial fiction and disability $eexceptional children, metaphor and materiality /$fClare Barker 205 $a1st ed. 2011. 210 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-33878-8 311 $a0-230-30788-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aFiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPeople with disabilities in literature 606 $aChildren in literature 606 $aPostcolonialism in literature 606 $aMetaphor in literature 615 0$aFiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPeople with disabilities in literature. 615 0$aChildren in literature. 615 0$aPostcolonialism in literature. 615 0$aMetaphor in literature. 676 $a809/.933527 686 $aLIT008000$aLIT004120$aLIT000000$2bisacsh 700 $aBarker$b Clare$f1980-$01751986 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824320603321 996 $aPostcolonial fiction and disability$94187150 997 $aUNINA