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Disability and the Victorians : attitudes, interventions, legacies / edited by Iain Hutchison, Martin Atherton and Jaipreet Virdi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Disability history.
- Disability history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disabilities--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.
- People with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Public opinion--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 200 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 'Disability and the Victorians' brings together in one collection a range of topics, perspectives and experiences from the Victorian era that present a unique overview of the development and impact of attitudes and interventions towards those with impairments during this time. The collection also considers how the legacies of these actions can be seen to have continued throughout the 20th century right up to the present day. Subjects addressed include deafness, blindness, language delay, substance dependency, imperialism and the representation of disabled characters in popular fiction.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of contributors
- Series editors foreword
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I: Attitudes
- 1 Restoration to usefulness
- 2 Imperial lives
- 3 Disabling the author in mid-Victorian realist fiction
- Part II: Interventions
- 4 Medicalising deafness in Victorian London
- 5 Drunkenness, degeneration and disability in England
- 6 Victorian medical awareness of childhood language disabilities
- 7 Happiness and usefulness increased
- Part III: Legacies
- 8 The disabled child in an industrial metropolis
- 9 The Panopticon
- 10 Allowed to be idle
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-4572-3
- OCLC:
- 1232727769
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