Writing disability : a critical history / Sara Newman.
- Newman, Sara J.
- Date:
- 2013
- Books
About this work
Description
"What accounts for the differing ways that individuals and cultures have tried to make sense of mental and physical disabilities? Can we see a pattern of change over time? Sara Newman examines personal narratives across a broad sweep of history--from ancient Greece to the present day--to reveal the interplay of dynamics that have shaped both personal and societal conceptions of mental and physical difference."--Publisher's website.
Publication/Creation
Boulder, Colorado : FirstForumPress, 2013.
Physical description
vii, 207 pages ; 24 cm.
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Contributors
Contents
Disability and life writing -- Ancient sources: outcasts, oracles, and old age -- Medieval voices: sins, salvation, and the female body -- Early modern era: reenacting reform -- The long eighteenth century: reason and logic in an enlightened age -- The nineteenth century: insanity and asylums -- The early twentieth century: Helen Keller and the public reception of disability -- The twentieth century: military, biomedical, and personal perspectives -- Into the twenty-first century: presence in the digital age.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineNH.UOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9781935049548
- 1935049542