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Time Out of Joint: The Narcotic Effect of Prolepsis in Christopher Reeve's Still Me
- Biography
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 29, Number 2, Spring 2006
- pp. 307-328
- 10.1353/bio.2006.0045
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In this article I examine Christopher Reeve's memoir Still Me, in which Reeve explores the painful and traumatic shift from his previous able-body to his present disabled body. I explore not only the way in which Reeve struggles with his public image as Superman, but also the way in which Reeve's narrative continually fast forwards through episodes of pain and suffering, in order to keep the strong and powerful image of the Super-Crip intact.