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The backwards hand : a memoir / Matt Lee.
Van Pelt Library HV3013.L44 A3 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Matt, 1990- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities--United States--Biography.
- People with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Social conditions.
- Monsters--History.
- Monsters.
- Lee, Matt, 1990-.
- Lee, Matt.
- United States.
- Genre:
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Biographies
- History
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 262 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Curbstone Books/Northwestern University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "A debut memoir that investigates what it means to be a cripple in a predominantly ableist society"-- Provided by publisher.
- "Told in lyric fragments, The Backwards Hand traces Matt Lee’s experience living in the United States for more than thirty years with a rare congenital defect. Weaving in historical research and pop culture references, Lee dissects how the disabled body has been conflated with impurity, worthlessness, and evil. His voice swirls amid those of artists, criminals, activists, and philosophers. With a particular focus on horror films, Lee juxtaposes portrayals of fictitious monsters with the real-life atrocities of the Nazi regime and the American eugenics movement. Through examining his struggles with physical and mental health, Lee confronts his own beliefs about monstrosity and searches for atonement as he awaits the birth of his son"-- Publisher's description from web site NUPress.Northwestern.edu.
- Contents:
- The creature walks among us
- The disembodied
- Fiend without a face
- How to make a monster
- The damned
- Terror is a man
- The vengeance of the flesh
- Bigger than life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780810147157
- 0810147157
- OCLC:
- 1410907869
- Publisher Number:
- 90101218629
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