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Postcolonial Fiction and Disability Exceptional Children, Metaphor and Materiality /

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...

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Prif Awdur: Barker, C. (Awdur, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Awdur Corfforaethol: SpringerLink (Online service)
Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Rhifyn:1st ed. 2011.
Pynciau:
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.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230360006
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Crynodeb: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.
Disgrifiad Corfforoll:IX, 242 p. online resource.
ISBN:9780230360006

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