{"product_id":"elusive-kinship-disability-and-human-rights-in-postcolonial-literature-hardcover","title":"Elusive Kinship: Disability and Human Rights in Postcolonial Literature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Krentz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharacters with disabilities are often overlooked in fiction, but many occupy central places in literature by celebrated authors like Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie, J. M. Coetzee, Anita Desai, Jhumpa Lahiri, Edwidge Danticat, and others. These authors deploy disability to do important cultural work, writes Christopher Krentz in his innovative study, \u003ci\u003eElusive Kinship. \u003c\/i\u003e Such representations not only relate to the millions of disabled people in the global South, but also make more vivid such issues as the effects of colonialism, global capitalism, racism and sexism, war, and environmental disaster. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKrentz is the first to put the fields of postcolonial studies, studies of human rights and literature, and literary disability in conversation with each other in a book-length study. He enhances our appreciation of key texts of Anglophone postcolonial literature of the global South, including \u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children.\u003c\/i\u003e In addition, he uncovers the myriad ways fiction gains energy, vitality, and metaphoric force from characters with extraordinary bodies or minds. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDepicting injustices faced by characters with disabilities is vital to raising awareness and achieving human rights. \u003ci\u003eElusive Kinship\u003c\/i\u003e nudges us toward a fuller understanding of disability worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Krentz\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia with a joint appointment between the English Department and American Sign Language Program. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWriting Deafness: The Hearing Line in Nineteenth-Century American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eA Mighty Change: An Anthology of Deaf American Writing, 1816-1864, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as numerous articles about disability in literature and culture. He is currently director of the University of Virginia's Disability Studies Initiative and helped found their American Sign Language Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 203\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47410381029554,"sku":"9781439922217","price":159.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/83b08deb85819856a055ced361a2d8c8.webp?v=1778283831","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/elusive-kinship-disability-and-human-rights-in-postcolonial-literature-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}