Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body
- The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chronology of Publications and Events
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Genres
- Part II Critical Methodologies
- 9 Feminist Theory, Feminist Criticism, and the Sex/Gender Distinction
- 10 Reading Bodies and Textual Materialities
- 11 How to Read Disabled Bodies in History
- 12 How to Read Disabled Bodies Now
- 13 Health Humanities, Illness, and the Body in American Literature
- 14 The Indigenous Body in American Literature
- 15 The Black Body and the Reading of Race
- 16 Ecocriticism and the Body
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To …
11 - How to Read Disabled Bodies in History
from Part II - Critical Methodologies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 July 2022
- The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body
- The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chronology of Publications and Events
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Genres
- Part II Critical Methodologies
- 9 Feminist Theory, Feminist Criticism, and the Sex/Gender Distinction
- 10 Reading Bodies and Textual Materialities
- 11 How to Read Disabled Bodies in History
- 12 How to Read Disabled Bodies Now
- 13 Health Humanities, Illness, and the Body in American Literature
- 14 The Indigenous Body in American Literature
- 15 The Black Body and the Reading of Race
- 16 Ecocriticism and the Body
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To …
Summary
“Do we have a body – that is, not a permanent object of thought, but a flesh that suffers when it is wounded, hands that touch?” philosopher Merleau-Ponty asks.1
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body , pp. 165 - 179Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
- 1
- Cited by