Embodied Rhetorics: Disability in Language and Culture - Softcover

James Wilson; Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809323931 ISBN 13: 9780809323937

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Pr, 2001

Synopsis

Presenting thirteen essays, editors James C. Wilson and Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson unite the fields of disability studies and rhetoric to examine connections between disability, education, language, and cultural practices. The contributors span a range of academic fields including English, education, history, and sociology. Several contributors are themselves disabled or have disabled family members. While some essays included in this volume analyze the ways that representations of disability construct identity and attitudes toward the disabled, other essays use disability as a critical modality to rethink economic theory, educational practices, and everyday interactions. Among the disabilities discussed are various physical disabilities, mental illness, learning disabilities, deafness, blindness, and diseases such as multiple sclerosis and AIDS.

About this title

About the Author

James C. Wilson is a professor of English at the University of Cincinnati and the author of Vietnam in Prose and Film, John Reed for the Masses, and The Hawthorne and Melville Friendship. Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson is a professor of English at Miami University and the author of Writing Against the Family: Gender in Lawrence and Joyce, and From Community to College: Reading and Writing Across Diverse Contexts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809323931
• ISBN 13: 9780809323937
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 280