If one were to strip descriptions of one’s ethnic or racial appearance from a story, the way Toni Morrison does in Recitatif , then a search for a person’s race will often rely on interconnectedness or intersectional assumptions about socioeconomic status, geographic location, chosen profession and more. When a person is identified with a single identity, the master status takes on exceptional importance in that person’s life, often shaping it in its entirety. An obese man , regardless of his other interests and characteristics, may be routinely referred to as simply the fat guy.

Villains on view

How this sociological concept coincides with literature is interesting, since disabled bodies have traditionally filled the roles of villains. Shakespeare’s hunchback Richard III, or any n

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