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Madness, disability, and social exclusion : the archaeology and anthropology of 'difference' / edited by Jane Hubert.
Penn Museum Library HM1131 .M33 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- One world archaeology ; 40.
- One world archaeology ; 40
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social isolation--Cross-cultural studies.
- Social isolation.
- People with disabilities--Cross-cultural studies.
- People with disabilities.
- Mental illness--Cross-cultural studies.
- Mental illness.
- Human remains (Archaeology)--Cross-cultural studies.
- Human remains (Archaeology).
- Ethnopsychology--Cross-cultural studies.
- Ethnopsychology.
- Difference (Psychology)--Cross-cultural studies.
- Difference (Psychology).
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Summary:
- A unique work that brings together a broad range of specialist disciplines to create a new perspective on social and physical exclusion from society. Brings a much needed comparative approach to the subject of disability. Confinement, hermaphrodites, killing of disabled children, leprosy, deafness, and funerary rituals are explored.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415230020
- OCLC:
- 44427105
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