Author Grayson, Erik Additional authorGrayson, Erik Publisher Springer International Publishing (Cham, Switzerland , 2021) Language(eng) English ISBN9783030743772 SeriesLiterary disability studies Edition1st ed. SubjectMOTION PICTURES; NoteUnknown AbstractAmputation in Literature and Film: Artificial Limbs, Prosthetic Relations, and the Semiotics of “Loss” explores the many ways in which literature and film have engaged with the subject of amputation. The scholars featured in this volume draw upon a wide variety of texts, both lesser-known and canonical, across historical periods and language traditions to interrogate the intersections of disability studies with social, political, cultural, and philosophical concerns. Whether focusing on ancient texts by Zhuangzi or Ovid, renaissance drama, folktales collected by the Brothers Grimm, novels or silent film, the chapters in this volume highlight the dialectics of “loss” and “gain” in narratives of amputation to encourage critical dialogue and forge an integrated, embodied understanding of experiences of impairment in which mind and body, metaphor and materiality, theory and politics are considered as interrelated and interacting aspects of disability and ability.

Number of pages1 online resource (xx, 325 p.) DimensionUnknown Other descriptionill.