Special Affects: Mermaids, Prosthetics, and the Disabling of Feminine Futurity

In February 2009, the world was introduced to Nadya Vessey, an Australian double amputee with a seemingly spectacular narrative of personal transformation. Television New Zealand's Close Up, the news program that first covered the story, introduced their segment A Mermaid's Tale on Vessey...

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Published in:Women's studies quarterly 2016-04, Vol.44 (1/2), p.188-204
Main Author: Barounis, Cynthia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adulthood
American literature
Barnum, P T (Phineas Taylor) (1810-1891)
Broadcasting
Children
Disabilities
Email
Fairy tales
Females
Femininity
Howard, Ron
Motion pictures
Narratives
Persistence
Physical Disabilities
Pity
Prostheses
Prosthetics
Queer culture
Rich, Adrienne (1929-2012)
Sexual Orientation
Swimming
Television
THE MESH: SURVIVAL IN-BETWEEN
Water supply
Websites
Wheelchairs
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