Extraordinary Bodies is a cornerstone text of disability studies, establishing the field upon its publication in 1997. Framing disability as a minority discours

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Inaugurates a new field of disability studies by framing disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one. The book examines disabled figures in Unc

Approaching disability as a cultural construction rather than a medical pathology, this book studies the impact of disability and concepts of disability on comp