Movement - William Roth

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Auteur(s) : William Roth

Editeur : Mcfarland

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 30/09/2008

Nombre de pages : 200

Expédition : 281

Dimensions : 22.8 x 15.5 x 1.2

ISBN : 0786437839

Résumé :

As William Roth was taking his first steps, members of his family were caught up in the Nazi Holocaust. At age eight, he began to manifest the symptoms of dystonia, a neurological disease characterized by severe movement disorders. And at age forty-seven, he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil, a cancer that would prove as invasive as his genetic disease and as dreadful as his social persecution. This, his memoir, relates the three intertwined narratives and the miraculous success that one man carved from them.

Today, at age 65, Roth is more than a survivor. Mobilizing his courage to spearhead the discipline of disability studies, be active in the Disability Rights Movement, influence government policy toward disability, and found the non-profit Center for Computing and Disability, Roth has used his own disability to change the life of disabled people in America.

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Biographie:
The late William Roth was on the faculty of the State University of New York, and the author of many other books, including several about the disabled. He lived in Albany, New York....

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Table of Contents

Prologue?????

1. Say Ahhh, March 1988?????
2. Escape from Vienna, 1938-1945?????
3. The Cancer All-Stars, March 1988?????
4. Ashes and Dreams, 1938-1945?????
5. Can't Help Glowing, March 1988?????
6. My Life of Crime, 1945-1950?????
7. Studying the Opposition, March 1988?????
8. The Wonder Years, 1950-1955?????
9. The Killing Details, March 1988?????
10. A Hole in the Head, 1955-1960?????
11. Three Days to Burn, March 1988?????
12. Yale, 1960-1961?????
13. Cancer, Present Tense, March 31, 1988?????
14. Sophomore Drill, 1961-1962?????
15. Slow Burn, April 1988?????
16. Biting the Big Apple, 1963-1964?????
17. What, Me Worry? Spring 1988?????
18. Berkeley: The '60s?????
19. Warrior, August 1988?????
20. American in Paris, 1966-1967?????
21. Chemical Warfare, Autumn 1988-Spring 1990?????
22. First Person, Political, 1967-1970?????
23. A Radical Reunion, Spring 1989?????
24. A Nice Guy Like Me, 1970-1978?????
25. A Pain in the Neck, June 1989?????
26. Albany, 1978-1988?????
27. Dancing in the Street, June 1989?????
28. After the War, 1989-1990?????
29. Press Pause, 1990-2000?????
30. Return to Dystonia, 2003-2007?????

Index?????
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