Recovering bodies
Subtitle: illness, disability, and life-writing
By: G. Thomas Couser.
Series: Wisconsin studies in American autobiography
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Madison
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Sick -- United States -- Biography -- History and criticism.; People with disabilities -- United States -- Biography -- History and criticism.; Sick -- United States -- Psychology.; People with disabilities -- United States -- Psychology.; Autobiography.; Biography as a literary form.
Genres: Biography
Description: A compelling look at personal narratives of HIV/AIDS, breast cancer paralysis, and deafness.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-310) and index.