Reading Embodied Citizenship
Author | : Emily Russell |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0813549396 |
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Reading Embodied Citizenship brings disability to the forefront, illuminating its role in constituting what counts as U.S. citizenship. Drawing from major figures in American literature, including Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, and David Foster Wallace, as well as introducing texts from the emerging canon of disability studies, Emily Russell demonstrates the place of disability at the core of American ideals. Russell examines literature to explore and unsettle long-held assumptions about American citizenship.