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"The two volumes examine a fascinating set of memoirs and autobiographies written by a variety of authors. It includes famous persons such as Hellen Keller and Temple Grandin, as well as others likely unknown beyond the world of disability studies, such as John M. Hull (who relates his experien...
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Macmillan Reference USA, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company,
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| Publisher Address: | Farmington Hills, MI : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"The two volumes examine a fascinating set of memoirs and autobiographies written by a variety of authors. It includes famous persons such as Hellen Keller and Temple Grandin, as well as others likely unknown beyond the world of disability studies, such as John M. Hull (who relates his experience of going blind) and Kay Redfield (who relates her experience with bipolar disorder). Each of 200 entries examines a particular author and literary work (e.g., Christy Brown, My Left Foot). The entry provides biographical, historical, and literary context around the author/work and elucidates the rol "Presents essays on 200 narrative works written by persons with disabilities"--Provided by publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | 2 volumes (lxix, 913 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781410388049 1410388042 9781410388056 1410388050 9781410388063 1410388069 |
| Index Number: | HV1568 |
| CLC: | C913.69 |
| Call Number: | C913.69/D611-14 |
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Volume 1. Table of contents by author -- Publisher's note regarding accessibility -- Introduction -- Preface -- Disability experiences in the classroom -- Thematic outline. Able-bodied: scenes from a curious life (2010) / Leslie Swartz -- "Account from Paris of a terrible operation" (1812) / Frances Burney -- After the stroke: a journal (1988) / May Sarton -- And there was light: the extraordinary memoir of a blind hero of the French resistance in World War II (1953) / Jacques Lusseyran -- Aphasia, my world alone (1973) / Helen Harlan Wulf -- Assembly required: notes from a deaf gay life (20 Volume 2. Madonna Swan: a Lakota woman's story as told through Mark St. Pierre (1991) / Mark St. Pierre -- The man of Jasmine (1971) / Unica Zürn -- Man to man: surviving prostate cancer (1996) / Michael Korda -- Mapping fate: a memoir of family, risk, and genetic research (1995) / Alice Wexler -- Marbles: mania, depression, Michelangelo, and me (2012) / Ellen Forney -- Matthew's enigma: a father's portrait of his autistic son (2003) / Matei Călinescu -- The me in the mirror (1994) / Connie Panzarino -- Mean little deaf queer: a memoir (2009) / Terry Galloway -- Meaning of a disability: th |