Bending over Backwards Essays on Disability and the Body |
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| Author:
| Davis, Lennard J. |
| Foreword by:
| Bérubé, Michael
Bérubé, Michael |
| Series title: | Cultural Front Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8147-1949-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2002 |
| Publisher: | New York University Press
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| Imprint: | NYU Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $89.00 |
Book Description:
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Bending Over Backwards reexamines issues concerning the relationship between disability and normality in the light of postmodern theory and political activism. Davis takes up homosexuality, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the legal system, the history of science and medicine, eugenics, and genetics.
Bending Over Backwards reexamines issues concerning the relationship between disability and normality in the light of postmodern theory and political activism. Davis takes up homosexuality, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the legal system, the history of science and medicine, eugenics, and genetics.