Author:Â
Taussig, Rebekah, author.
ISBN:Â
9780062936790
Summary:Â
"From disability advocate with a PhD in disability studies and creative nonfiction, and creator of the Instagram account @ sitting pretty, an essay collection based on a lifetime of experiences in a paralyzed body, tackling themes of identity, accessibility, bodies, and representation"--
Pub Date:Â
2020
Call NumberÂ
B TAU 2020
FormatÂ
Books
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Author:Â
Taussig, Rebekah, author, narrator.
ISBN:Â
9780063014503
Summary:Â
Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted as something monstrous (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), inspirational (Helen Keller), or angelic (Forrest Gump). None of this felt right; and as she got older, she longed for more stories that allowed disability to be complex and ordinary, uncomfortable and fine, painful and fulfilling. Writing about the rhythms and textures of what it means to live in a body that doesn2t fit, Rebekah reflec
Pub Date:Â
2020
Call NumberÂ
BCDB TAU
FormatÂ
Audio disc
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