. . "Postkoloniale Literatur." . . "People with disabilities in literature." . . "Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers." . . "Kind." . . "Métaphore Dans la littérature." . . "Behinderung (Motiv)" . . "LITERARY CRITICISM Asian General." . . "Metáfora en la literatura." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM General." . . "Behinderung." . . "Littérature postcoloniale." . . "Children in literature." . . "Handicapés Dans la littérature." . . "Metaphor in literature Electronic books." . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary." . . "Kind (Motiv)" . . "LITERARY CRITICISM European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh." . . "Postcolonialismo en la literatura." . . "1900 - 2099" . . "Literary studies: post-colonial literature." . . "Novela Siglo XX Historia y crítica." . . "Englisch." . . "Niños en la literatura." . . "Englisch." . . "Roman." . . "Fiction History and criticism 20th century." . . "Fiction History and criticism 21st century." . . "Personas con discapacidad en la literatura." . . "Motiv (Musik)" . . "Literary studies: fiction, novelists et prose writers / bicssc." . . "Enfants Dans la littérature." . . . . "Postcolonial Fiction and Disability Exceptional Children, Metaphor and Materiality"@en . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "\"This book is the first study of disability in postcolonial fiction. Focusing on canonical novels, it explores the metaphorical functions and material presence of disabled child characters. Barker argues that progressive disability politics emerge from postcolonial concerns, and establishes dialogues between postcolonialism and disability studies.\"--Publisher's website." . . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . . "\"Postcolonial Fiction and Disability explores the politics and aesthetics of disability in postcolonial literature. The first book to make sustained connections between postcolonial writing and disability studies, it focuses on the figure of the exceptional child in well-known novels by Grace, Dangarembga, Sidhwa, Rushdie, and Okri. While the fictional lives of disabled child characters are frequently intertwined with postcolonial histories, providing potent metaphors for national 'damage' and vulnerability, Barker argues that postcolonial writers are equally concerned with the complexity of disability as lived experience. The study focuses on constructions of normalcy, the politics of medicine and healthcare, and questions of citizenship and belonging in order to demonstrate how progressive health and disability politics often emerge organically from writers' postcolonial concerns. In reframing disability as a mode of exceptionality, the book assesses the cultural and political insights that derive from portrayals of disability, showing how postcolonial writing can contribute conceptually towards building more inclusive futures for disabled people worldwide.\" -- Publisher's description." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Postcolonial fiction and disability exceptional children, metaphor and materiality"@en . "Postcolonial fiction and disability exceptional children, metaphor and materiality" . . . . . "Postcolonial fiction and disability Exceptional children, metaphor and materiality" . . . . "Online-Publikation" . . . . "This book is the first study of disability in postcolonial fiction. Focusing on canonical novels, it explores the metaphorical functions and material presence of disabled child characters. Barker argues that progressive disability politics emerge from postcolonial concerns, and establishes dialogues between postcolonialism and disability studies. Postcolonial Fiction and Disability explores the politics and aesthetics of disability in postcolonial literature. The first book to make sustained connections between postcolonial writing and disability studies, it focuses on the figure of the exceptional child in well-known novels by Grace, Dangarembga, Sidhwa, Rushdie, and Okri. While the fictional lives of disabled child characters are frequently intertwined with postcolonial histories, providing potent metaphors for national 'damage' and vulnerability, Barker argues that postcolonial writers are equally concerned with the complexity of disability as lived experience. The study focuses on constructions of normalcy, the politics of medicine and healthcare, and questions of citizenship and belonging in order to demonstrate how progressive health and disability politics often emerge organically from writers' postcolonial concerns. In reframing disability as a mode of exceptionality, the book assesses the cultural and political insights that derive from portrayals of disability, showing how postcolonial writing can contribute conceptually towards building more inclusive futures for disabled people worldwide." . "This book is the first study of disability in postcolonial fiction. Focusing on canonical novels, it explores the metaphorical functions and material presence of disabled child characters. Barker argues that progressive disability politics emerge from postcolonial concerns, and establishes dialogues between postcolonialism and disability studies."@en . "'Clare Barker's Exceptional Children is a very timely and distinctive book, which makes a strong ethical argument for a critical negotiation of postcolonial studies and disability studies through some illuminating readings of the figure of the child in postcolonial fiction.' - Stephen Morton, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Southampton." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Postcolonial fiction and disability : exceptional children, metaphor and materiality" . . . . . "Postcolonial Fiction and Disability explores the politics and aesthetics of disability in postcolonial literature. The first book to make sustained connections between postcolonial writing and disability studies, it focuses on the figure of the exceptional child in well-known novels by Grace, Dangarembga, Sidhwa, Rushdie, and Okri. While the fictional lives of disabled child characters are frequently intertwined with postcolonial histories, providing potent metaphors for national 'damage' and vulnerability, Barker argues that postcolonial writers are equally concerned with the complexity of disability as lived experience. The study focuses on constructions of normalcy, the politics of medicine and healthcare, and questions of citizenship and belonging in order to demonstrate how progressive health and disability politics often emerge organically from writers' postcolonial concerns. In reframing disability as a mode of exceptionality, the book assesses the cultural and political insights that derive from portrayals of disability, showing how postcolonial writing can contribute conceptually towards building more inclusive futures for disabled people worldwide."@en . "Literature / eflch." . . "Literary studies: post-colonial literature / bicssc." . . "Novela Siglo XXI Historia y crítica." . . "Postcolonialism in literature." . .