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Aesthetic Nervousness: Disability and the Crisis of Representation
Ato Quayson
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Paperback. Focusing on the work of Samuel Beckett, Toni Morrison, Wole Soyinka, and J M Coetzee, this book launches a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study of the representation of physical disability. It considers how disability affects interpersonal relationships and forces the character and the reader to take an ethical standpoint. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364. Disability and the Crisis of Representation. 264 pages. Focusing on the work of Samuel Beckett, Toni Morrison, Wole Soyinka, and J M Coetzee, this book launches a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study of the representation of physical disability. It considers how disability affects interpersonal relationships and forces the character and the reader to take an ethical standpoint. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight: 360.
Focusing primarily on the work of Samuel Beckett, Toni Morrison, Wole Soyinka, and J. M. Coetzee, Ato Quayson launches a thoroughly cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study of the representation of physical disability. Quayson suggests that the subliminal unease and moral panic invoked by the disabled is refracted within the structures of literature and literary discourse itself, a crisis he terms "aesthetic nervousness." The disabled reminds the able-bodied that the body is provisional and temporary and that normality is wrapped up in certain social frameworks. Quayson expands his argument by turning to Greek and Yoruba writings, African American and postcolonial literature, depictions of ... Read more
Focusing primarily on the work of Samuel Beckett, Toni Morrison, Wole Soyinka, and J. M. Coetzee, Ato Quayson launches a thoroughly cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study of the representation of physical disability. Quayson suggests that the subliminal unease and moral panic invoked by the disabled is refracted within the structures of literature and literary discourse itself, a crisis he terms "aesthetic nervousness." The disabled reminds the able-bodied that the body is provisional and temporary and that normality is wrapped up in certain social frameworks. Quayson expands his argument by turning to Greek and Yoruba writings, African American and postcolonial literature, depictions of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
364g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231139038
SKU
V9780231139038
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About Ato Quayson
Ato Quayson is professor of English and inaugural director of the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto. He taught for ten years on the Faculty of English and was also director of the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cambridge. He has also published widely on African literature, literary theory, cultural studies, and ... Read more
Reviews for Aesthetic Nervousness: Disability and the Crisis of Representation
Quayson raises illuminating points... and reveals how disability is perceived in a multifaceted society... Highly recommended. CHOICE Quayson's new work is at once learned, wide-ranging, cosmopolitan, and meticulous.
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