Disability in Eighteenth-Century England
Imagining Physical Impairment
This is the first book-length study of physical disability in eighteenth-century England. It assesses the ways in which meanings of physical difference were formed within different cultural contexts, and examines how disabled men and women used, appropriated, or rejected these representations in making sense of their own experiences. In the process, it asks a series of related questions: what constituted 'disability' in eighteenth-century culture and society? How was impairment perceived? How did people with disabilities see themselves and relate to others? What do their stories tell us about the social and cultural contexts of disability, an…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-136-30423-1
- EAN: 9781136304231
- Produktnummer: 13997779
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 228 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'656 KB
- Abbildungen: 9 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 9 schwarz-weiße Fotos
Über den Autor
David M. Turner is Senior Lecturer in History at Swansea University.
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