Fantasies of Identification: Disability, Gender, Race Contributor(s): Samuels, Ellen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1479859494 ISBN-13: 9781479859498 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 305.908 |
LCCN: 2013042415 |
Series: Cultural Front (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.19" W x 8.98" (0.93 lbs) 273 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the distorts its claimed scientific basis, substituting subjective language for claimed objective fact. From its early emergence in discourses about disability fakery and fugitive slaves in the nineteenth century to its most recent manifestation in the question of sex testing at the 2012 Olympic Games, Fantasies of Identification explores the roots of modern understandings of bodily identity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Samuels, Ellen: - Ellen Samuels is Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and English at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. |