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Postcolonial Fiction and Disability [[electronic resource] ] : Exceptional Children, Metaphor and Materiality / / by C. Barker



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Autore: Barker C Visualizza persona
Titolo: Postcolonial Fiction and Disability [[electronic resource] ] : Exceptional Children, Metaphor and Materiality / / by C. Barker Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011
Edizione: 1st ed. 2011.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
Disciplina: 809.933527
823.91409
Soggetto topico: Literature   
Literature, Modern—20th century
Literature—Philosophy
Culture—Study and teaching
Oriental literature
British literature
Postcolonial/World Literature
Twentieth-Century Literature
Literary Theory
Cultural Theory
Asian Literature
British and Irish Literature
Classificazione: LIT008000LIT004120LIT000000
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Postcolonial Fiction and Disability  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-38136-2
9786613381361
0-230-36000-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789892003321
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