Rosemarie Garland Thomson: 3 books
Staring
How We Look
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2009
Drawing on examples from art, media, fashion, history and memoir, cultural critic Rosemarie Garland-Thomson tackles a basic human interaction which has remained curiously unexplored, the human stare. In the first book of its kind, Garland-Thomson defines staring, explores the factors that motivate...
Extraordinary Bodies
Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Extraordinary Bodies is a cornerstone text of disability studies, establishing the field upon its publication in 1997. Framing disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one, the book added depth to oppressive narratives and revealed novel, liberatory ones. Through her incisive readings...
by Michael Brub, Joshua A. Boldt, Beth Landers
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
This issue of Profession contains Michael Bérubé's introduction to his Presidential Forum, Avenues of Access, which was held at the 2013 MLA convention, and the essays of the forum participants: Joshua A. Boldt, Beth Landers, Maria Maisto, and Robert Samuels. The issue also features a section on a...