Venus on wheels two decades of dialogue on disability, biography, and being female in America
In 1976 Gelya Frank began writing about the life of Diane DeVries, a woman born with all the physical and mental equipment she would need to live in our society--except arms and legs. Frank was 28 years old, DeVries 26. This remarkable book--by turns moving, funny, and revelatory--records the relati...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press
c2000.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798015606719 |
| Sumario: | In 1976 Gelya Frank began writing about the life of Diane DeVries, a woman born with all the physical and mental equipment she would need to live in our society--except arms and legs. Frank was 28 years old, DeVries 26. This remarkable book--by turns moving, funny, and revelatory--records the relationship that developed between the women over the next twenty years. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-266) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520922358 9781597349765 |
