The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability

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The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability is written by Alice Hall and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1351699679 (ISBN 10) and 9781351699679 (ISBN 13).

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.