Contingent Figure: Chronic Pain and Queer Embodiment

by Michael D. Snediker

A masterful synthesis of literary readings and poetic reflections, making profound contributions to our understanding of chronic pain

At the intersection of queer theory and disability studies, acclaimed theorist Michael D. Snediker locates something unexpected: chronic pain. Starting from this paradigm-shifting insight, Snediker elaborates a bracing examination of the phenomenological peculiarity of disability, articulating a complex...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816691886
• ISBN13: 9780816691883
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"