Disability in Eighteenth-Century England

Imagining Physical Impairment

David M. Turner

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English

Routledge
24 May 2017

British & Irish history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Social & cultural history; History of medicine

Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History

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, and in what ways were these narratives and experiences shaped by class and gender? In order to answer these questions, the book explores the languages of disability, the relationship between religious and medical discourses of disability, and analyzes depictions of people with disabilities in popular culture, art, and the media. It also uncovers the ‘hidden histories’ of disabled men and women themselves drawing on elite letters and autobiographies, Poor Law documents and criminal court records.

By: David M. Turner
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138107588
ISBN 10: 1138107581
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 24 May 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Selected Contents: 1. Defining Disability and Deformity 2. Religious and Medical Perspectives on Disability 3. Stereotypes and Cultural Representation 4. Visibility and Visualisation: Seeing the Disabled 5. Disabled Lives and Letters 6. Narratives of the Disabled Poor

David M. Turner is Senior Lecturer in History at Swansea University.