Synopses & Reviews
The first critical study of personal narrative by women with disabilities, Unruly Bodies examines how contemporary writers use life writing to challenge cultural stereotypes about disability, gender, embodiment, and identity. Writers discussed include Nancy Mairs, Lucy Grealy, Georgina Kleege, Connie Panzarino, Eli Clare, Anne Finger, Denise Sherer Jacobson, and May Sarton.
Review
"A much-needed contribution to the intersection of disability theory and feminist autobiography studies."
-- Women's Studies Quarterly
Review
The book should appeal to students of women's studies, life writing studies, disability studies, and to the educated general reader.
G. Thomas Couser, Hofstra University
Synopsis
The first critical study of personal narrative by women with disabilities,
Unruly Bodies examines how contemporary writers use life writing to challenge cultural stereotypes about disability, gender, embodiment, and identity.
Combining the analy
About the Author
Susannah B. Mintz is associate professor of English at Skidmore College. She is author of Threshold Poetics: Milton and Intersubjectivity.
Table of Contents
Contents Introduction
Chapter 1. Auto/body/ography: The Fragmented Texts of Nancy Mairs
Chapter 2. Tyranny of the Visual: Lucy Grealy and Georgina Kleege
Chapter 3. Sexual Selves, Community Allegiance: Connie Panzarino and Eli Clare
Chapter 4. Alternative Motherhoods: Denise Sherer Jacobson and Anne Finger
Chapter 5. A Brief History of Aging: The Journals of May Sarton 000 Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index