“A Body, Undone” is a memoir by Christina Crosby, an English professor chronicling her life after a paralyzing cycling accident in 2003. A respected English professor at Wesleyan University, Crosby explores the physical and emotional pain of her disability through a critical feminist and queer thinking lens. She puts into words the experience of life in a broken body that seems beyond the reach of language and understanding, discussing how we construct a livable life in the midst of unimaginable pain. She situates her personal narrative within the broader social critiques of care labor and the financial burden of disability and injury within the current economic systems and structures in the US. The novel would be relevant to disability studies and feminist theory, but its prose that is rooted in humanity and the events of daily life function to make it accessible to a general audience . This book is a patient narrative that challenges the dominant discourse of disability, and could be relevant to discussions about disability, pain, and care and its intersections with gender, sexuality, and class.
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Language: English
Type of Story: Book
Medium: written
Contributed by: Emily Larabee
Citation:
Crosby, C. (2016). A Body, Undone: Living on After Great Pain. NYU Press.