Open AccessA Tribute to My Dyslexic Body, As I Travel in the Form of a Ghost
Author(s) -
Dené Granger
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
disability studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2159-8371
pISSN - 1041-5718
DOI - 10.18061/dsq.v30i2.1236
Subject(s) - embodied cognition , tribute , aesthetics , ideal (ethics) , politics , disability studies , psychology , sociology , psychoanalysis , epistemology , art , philosophy , art history , gender studies , law , political science
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