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Dr D. Christopher Gabbard (University of North Florida, USA) Susannah B. Mintz (Skidmore College, USA)

A Cultural History of Disability in the Long Eighteenth Century

Dr D. Christopher Gabbard (University of North Florida, USA),  Susannah B. Mintz (Skidmore College, USA)

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English
Bloomsbury Academic
16 May 2024
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; History of medicine
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Eighteenth-century philosopher Edmund Burke wrote, ‘deformity is opposed, not to beauty, but to the complete, common form. If one of the legs of a man be found shorter than the other, the man is deformed; because there is something wanting to complete the whole idea we form of a man’. During the long eighteenth century, new ideas from aesthetics and the emerging scientific disciplines of physics, biology and zoology contributed to changing fundamental notions about human form, function and ability. The interrelated concepts of the natural and the beautiful coalesced into a hegemonic ideology of form, one which defined communal standards regarding which aspects of human appearance and ability would be considered typical and socially acceptable and which would not. An essential resource for researchers, scholars and students of history, literature, culture and education, A Cultural History of Disability in the Long Eighteenth Century explores such themes and topics as: atypical bodies; mobility impairment; chronic pain and illness; blindness; deafness; speech; learning difficulties; and mental health.
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Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   NIP
Dimensions:   Height: 244mm,  Width: 169mm, 
ISBN:   9781350436732
ISBN 10:   1350436739
Series:   The Cultural Histories Series
Pages:   200
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
List of Illustrations Notes of Contributors Series Preface Introduction, Christopher Gabbard, University of North Florida, USA and Susannah B. Mintz, Skidmore College, USA Ch 1: Atypical Bodies: Anomalous Bodies in the Eighteenth Century, Sara van den Berg, Saint Louis University, USA Ch. 2: Mobility Impairment, David Turner, Swansea University, UK Ch. 3: Chronic Pain: Chronic Pain and Illness in the Long Eighteenth Century, Isabella Lucy Cooper, University of Maryland, USA Ch. 4: Blindness: Conversations with the Blind, or “Aren’t You Surprised I Can Speak?” Kate E. Tunstall, University of Oxford, UK Ch 5: Deafness: Deafness in the Age of Enlightenment, Kristin Lindgren, Haverford College, USA Ch. 6: Speech: Speech and Disability in the Long Eighteenth Century, Dwight Codr, University of Connecticut, USA and Jared Richman, Colorado College, USA Ch. 7: Learning Difficulties: Intellectual disability in the long eighteenth century, C. F. Goodey, University of Leicester, UK and Simon Jarrett, Birkbeck University, UK Ch. 8: Mental Health Issues: Listening for Ghosts: Madpeople in the Eighteenth Century, Allison Hobgood, Willamette University, USA Notes Bibliography Index

D. Christopher Gabbard is Associate Professor of English at the University of North Florida, USA. He is the author of A Life Beyond Reason and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies. Susannah B. Mintz is Professor of English at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. She is author of Unruly Bodies: Life Writing by Women with Disabilities, The Disabled Detective and is co-editor of a critical volume on the essayist Nancy Mairs.

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