Disability, the Body, and Radical Intellectuals in the Literature of the Civil War and Reconstruction
by Sarah E. Chinn
Title:
Disability, the Body, and Radical Intellectuals in the Literature of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Author:
Sarah E. Chinn
Series (if any):
Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
270 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:
9781009442701
EAN:
9781009442701
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
526
Dimensions (mm):
151 x 229 x 21
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£35.99
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Description
The book is a study of the ways that white radicals deployed the physical and literary image of amputation during the Civil War and Reconstruction to argue for full Black citizenship and against a national reconciliation that reimposed white supremacy. It gives readers a new way to think about the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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