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The Good Body

Normalizing Visions in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture, 1836-1867
By:William M. Etter
Publisher:Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Print ISBN:9781443818568
eText ISBN:9781443818889
Edition:1
Copyright:2010
Format:Page Fidelity

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This book examines how nineteenth-century American literature and culture defined “normal” and “abnormal” bodies to justify or critique concerns like slavery, national progress, and the Civil War, shaping the political and social orders of the era.