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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Matt LeePublisher: Northwestern University Press Imprint: Northwestern University Press Weight: 0.284kg ISBN: 9780810147157ISBN 10: 0810147157 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 31 May 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsI. The Creature Walks Among Us II. The Disembodied III. Fiend without a Face IV. How to Make a Monster V. The Damned VI. Terror Is a Man VII. The Vengeance of the Flesh VIII. Bigger than Life Acknowledgments Notes BibliographyReviews"""The Backwards Hand is a book like no other I know. With trancelike lyricism, deep vulnerability, provocative humor, and wide-ranging research, Matt Lee brilliantly complicates commonly held beliefs about disability. I've lost count of how many times I've read and recommended this book. I'm obsessed."" --Jeannie Vanasco, author of Things We Didn't Talk about When I Was a Girl ""The Backwards Hand is a striking meditation on the meaning and experience of disability. Utilizing fragmentation and collage, Lee weaves together memoir and research to create an engaging, sharp, and sometimes humorous portrait of the ways he claims his own reality and agency. This book rejects the tropes--overcoming, inspiration, cure--that disability narratives are often forced into and instead, it powerfully pushes against these too-tidy narratives. A richly layered and important work."" -- Sonya Huber, author of Pain Woman Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System" “The Backwards Hand is a book like no other I know. With trancelike lyricism, deep vulnerability, provocative humor, and wide-ranging research, Matt Lee brilliantly complicates commonly held beliefs about disability. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read and recommended this book. I’m obsessed.” —Jeannie Vanasco, author of Things We Didn't Talk about When I Was a Girl “The Backwards Hand is a striking meditation on the meaning and experience of disability. Utilizing fragmentation and collage, Lee weaves together memoir and research to create an engaging, sharp, and sometimes humorous portrait of the ways he claims his own reality and agency. This book rejects the tropes—overcoming, inspiration, cure—that disability narratives are often forced into and instead, it powerfully pushes against these too-tidy narratives. A richly layered and important work.” — Sonya Huber, author of Pain Woman Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System “The Backwards Hand is a book like no other I know. With trancelike lyricism, deep vulnerability, provocative humor, and wide-ranging research, Matt Lee brilliantly complicates commonly held beliefs about disability. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read and recommended this book. I’m obsessed.” - Jeannie Vanasco, author of Things We Didn't Talk about When I Was a Girl “The Backwards Hand is a striking meditation on the meaning and experience of disability. Utilizing fragmentation and collage, Lee weaves together memoir and research to create an engaging, sharp, and sometimes humorous portrait of the ways he claims his own reality and agency. This book rejects the tropes--overcoming, inspiration, cure--that disability narratives are often forced into and instead, it powerfully pushes against these too-tidy narratives. A richly layered and important work.” - Sonya Huber, author of Pain Woman Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System Author InformationMatt Lee is the author of Crisis Actor. His short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous venues online and in print. He has also written and produced work for the stage, including an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. He is a cofounder and editor of the magazine Ligeia. Matt lives in Maryland with his wife and son. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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