Extraordinary Bodies is a cornerstone text of disability studies,
establishing the field upon its publication in 1997. Framing
disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one, the
book added depth to oppressive narratives and revealed novel,
liberatory ones. Through her incisive readings of such texts as
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Rebecca Harding
Davis's Life in the Iron Mills, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson exposed
the social forces driving representations of disability. She
encouraged new ways of looking at texts and their depiction of the
body and stretched the limits of what counted as a text,
considering freak shows and other pop culture artifacts as
reflections of community rites and fears. Garland-Thomson also
elevated the status of African-American novels by Toni Morrison and
Audre Lorde. Extraordinary Bodies laid the groundwork for an
appreciation of disability culture and an inclusive new approach to
the study of social marginalization.
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