Concerto for the Left Hand by Michael Davidson
Concerto for the Left Hand is at the cutting edge of the expanding field of disability studies, offering a wide range of essays that investigate the impact of disability across various art forms---including literature, performance, photography, and film. Rather than simply focusing on the ways in which disabled persons are portrayed, Michael Davidson explores how the experience of disability shapes the work of artists and why disability serves as a vital lens through which to interpret modern culture. Covering an eclectic range of topics---from the phantom missing limb in film noir to the poetry of American Sign Language---this collection delivers a unique and engaging assessment of the interplay between disability and aesthetics. Written in a fluid, accessible style, Concerto for the Left Hand will appeal to both specialists and general audiences. With its interdisciplinary approach, this book should appeal not only to scholars of disability studies but to all those working in minority art, deaf studies, visual culture, and modernism.-
Disability Theory
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Academic Ableism
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Negotiating Disability
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Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability
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Agony for Others
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Pain in Relation
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Fictions of Affliction
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The Disabled Child
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Blindness Through the Looking Glass
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Blind in Early Modern Japan
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Disability Aesthetics
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Light of the Everlasting Life
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By Touch Alone
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Rehabilitative Postsocialism
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Disability in Twentieth-Century German Culture
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Disabled Veterans in History
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HandiLand
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Diaphanous Bodies
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Backlash Against the ADA
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Cripping Girlhood
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Foucault and the Government of Disability
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Ready, Teddy, Go!
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Mozart and the Pianist
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Leningrad
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Ghostlier Demarcations
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Voices of the Silenced
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Toy Store
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Grace
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Distressing Language
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The Invitation
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Judge Rath
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The Mad Thing
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Four Tales of Love and Wonder
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The World Through My Eyes
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Some Boys
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Meaningful Change
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Planners Dictionary
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Engaged Boards Will Fundraise!
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Fundamentals of Light Microscopy and Electronic Imaging
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The San Francisco Renaissance
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The Classical Piano Sonata
Professor Davidson - an accomplished literary critic - offers a focused and balanced analysis of poetry, film, and the arts honed with his excellent knowledge of the latest advances in disability studiesHe is brilliant at reading texts in a sophisticated and aesthetically pleasurable way, making Concerto for the Left Hand one of the smartest books to date in disability studies. - Lennard Davis, University of Illinois, Chicago
Michael Davidson is Professor of American Literature at the University of California, San Diego. His other books include Guys Like Us: Citing Masculinity in Cold War Poetics and Ghostlier Demarcations: Modern Poetry and the Material World.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780472050338 |
| ISBN 10 | 0472050338 |
| Title | Concerto for the Left Hand |
| Author | Michael Davidson |
| Series | Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Michigan Press |
| Year published | 2008-06-09 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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