The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability

Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability written by Alice Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability brings together some of the most influential and important contemporary perspectives in this growing field. The book traces the history of the field and locates literary disability studies in the wider context of activism and theory. It introduces debates about definitions of disability and explores intersectional approaches in which disability is understood in relation to gender, race, class, sexuality, nationality and ethnicity. Divided broadly into sections according to literary genre, this is an important resource for those interested in exploring and deepening their knowledge of the field of literature and disability studies.