Disability in Eighteenth-Century England

Imagining Physical Impairment

David M. Turner

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English

Routledge
18 April 2012

British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Disability: social aspects

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. It examines how disabled men and women used, appropriated, or rejected these representations in making sense of their own experiences. In the process, the book asks a series of related questions: what constituted 'disability' in this period? How was impairment perceived in eighteenth-century culture and society? 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 in this period, and in what ways were these narratives and experiences shaped by class and gender? To answer these questions, the book explores the languages of disability, the relationship between religious and medical discourses of disability, and analyses depictions of the disabled 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: 446g
ISBN: 9780415886444
ISBN 10: 0415886449
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 18 April 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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