@article{Banerjee_2022, title={Frankenstein and the Politics of Embodiment: A Disability Studies Perspective}, volume={2}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijllc.2.2.6}, DOI={10.22161/ijllc.2.2.6}, abstractNote={<jats:p>Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) has long been read as a cautionary tale of scientific overreach, moral responsibility, and the gothic sublime. However, within the framework of disability studies, the novel acquires a different resonance. It emerges as a foundational text that interrogates the construction of monstrosity, the social marginalization of non-normative bodies, and the ethical limits of human experimentation. This article explores Frankenstein as a literary case study that challenges dominant narratives around ability, normalcy, and personhood. Through a critical re-examination of the Creature’s embodied experience and Victor Frankenstein’s scientific ambition, the novel can be understood as a proto-critical disability narrative that questions the very grounds on which the human is defined.</jats:p>}, number={2}, journal={International Journal of Language, Literature and Culture}, publisher={AI Publications}, author={Banerjee, Debalina}, year={2022}, pages={25–26} }