Polio and its aftermath : the paralysis of culture / Marc Shell.

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, [2005], ©2005.

324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Autobiographies of a disease -- One polio story -- In the family -- A polio school -- Stasis and kinesis -- Paralytic polio and moving pictures -- Handi-capitalism and cinema business -- The cast of Rear Window; or, cinema and akinesia -- Politics -- Polio and the great wars -- Remembering Roosevelt -- What we can learn, if we hurry.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-295) and indexes.