★ ESSENTIAL
Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse
David T. Mitchell & Sharon L. Snyder, 2000
CALL NO...: 08-BOO
TYPE......: Book
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The book that named one of disability studies' most cited ideas: stories lean on disability as a metaphorical crutch, using the disabled body to drive plot and meaning and then discarding it. Once you have read it you cannot unsee the pattern across film and literature. Foundational for analyzing disability representation.
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Available at academic libraries and from University of Michigan Press.