A Cultural History of Disability in the Renaissance

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Dr Susan Anderson (Sheffiled Hallam University, UK) Dr Liam Haydon (United Kingdom Research and Innovation, UK)

A Cultural History of Disability in the Renaissance

Dr Susan Anderson (Sheffiled Hallam University, UK), Dr Liam Haydon (United Kingdom Research and Innovation, UK)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
16 May 2024

Literary studies: general; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; History of medicine

Series: The Cultural Histories Series

In Renaissance humanism, difference was understood through a variety of paradigms that rendered particular kinds of bodies and minds disabled. A Cultural History of Disability in the Renaissance, covering the period from 1450 to 1650, explores evidence of the possibilities for disability that existed in the European Renaissance, observable in the literary and medicinal texts, and the family, corporate, and legal records discussed in the chapters of this volume. These chapters provide an interdisciplinary overview of the configurations of bodies, minds and collectives that have left evidence of some of the ways that normativity and its challengers interacted in the Renaissance. An essential resource for researchers, scholars and students of history, literature, culture and education, A Cultural History of Disability in the Renaissance explores such themes and topics as: atypical bodies; mobility impairment; chronic pain and illness; blindness; deafness; speech; learning difficulties; and mental health.

Edited by: Dr Susan Anderson (Sheffiled Hallam University UK), Dr Liam Haydon (United Kingdom Research and Innovation, UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: NIP
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 169mm,
ISBN: 9781350436749
ISBN 10: 1350436747
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 16 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susan Anderson is Principal Lecturer and Deputy Head of English at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Liam Haydon is an International Development Policy Manager at United Kingdom Research and Innovation. Previously he was Lecturer in History at the University of Kent, UK.