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010			_a2020012800
020			_a1984820303
020			_a9781984820303
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050	0	0	_aRJ496 .S74 _bL44 2020
100	1		_aLehrer, Riva, _d1958-
245	1	0	_aGolem girl : _ba memoir / _cRiva Lehrer.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2010.
264		1	_aNew York : _bOne World, _c[2020]
300			_axv, 424 pages : _billustrations (some color) ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
505	0	0	_gPart 1 -- _gPart 2.
520			_a"What do we sacrifice in the pursuit of normalcy? And what becomes possible when we embrace monstrosity? In 1958, Riva is one of the first children born with spina bifida to survive. Her parents and doctors are determined to "fix" her, sending the message over and over again that she is broken. That she will never have a job, a romantic relationship, or an independent life. Enduring countless medical interventions, Riva tries her best to be a good girl and a good patient in the quest to be cured. Everything changes when, as an adult, Riva is invited to join a group of artists, writers, and performers who are building Disability Culture. Their work is daring, edgy, funny, and dark; it rejects tropes that define disabled people as pathetic, frightening, or worthless. They insist that disability is an opportunity for creativity and resistance. Emboldened, Riva asks if she can paint their portraits--an intimate and collaborative process that will transform the way she sees herself, others, and the world. With each portrait, and each person's story, the myths she's been told her whole life--about her body, her sexuality, and the value of normalcy--begin to crumble. Written with the vivid, cinematic prose of a visual artist, and the love and playfulness that defines all of Riva's work, Golem Girl is an extraordinary story of survival and creativity. With the author's magnificent portraits featured throughout, this memoir invites us to stretch ourselves toward a world where bodies flow between all possible forms of what it is to be human"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aLehrer, Riva, _d1958- _xHealth.
650	0	0	_aSpina bifida _xPatients _zUnited States _vBiography.
650	0	0	_aArtists with disabilities _zUnited States _vBiography.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aLehrer, Riva, 1958- _tGolem girl _bFirst edition. _dNew York : One World, 2020. _z9781984820310 _w(DLC) 2020012801.
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