Disability studies and the classical body : the forgotten other /: the forgotten other. (2021)
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- Book
- Title:
- Disability studies and the classical body : the forgotten other /: the forgotten other. (2021)
- Main Title:
- Disability studies and the classical body : the forgotten other
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Ellen Adams.
- Editors:
- Adams, Ellen, 1975-
- Contents:
- List of figures List of tables Contributors Foreword by Lennard J. Davies Acknowledgments Chapter 1. ‘Disability studies and the classical body: the forgotten other. Introduction’ Ellen Adams Part 1. Communicating and controlling impairment, illness and pain Introduction Ellen Adams Chapter 2. Two troubles: the dramatic tragedy of Western medicine. Michael J. Flexer and Brian Hurwitz Chapter 3. ‘There is a pain – so utter’: Narrating chronic pain and disability in antiquity and modernity. Georgia Petridou Part 2. Using, creating and showcasing disability supports and services Introduction Ellen Adams Chapter 4. Prostheses in classical antiquity: a taxonomy. Jane Draycott Chapter 5. Displaying the forgotten other in museums: prostheses at the National Museums Scotland. Sophie Goggins Chapter 6. New light on ‘the viewer’: sensing the Parthenon galleries in the British Museum. Ellen Adams Part 3. Real bodies and retrieving senses: disability in the ritual record Introduction Ellen Adams Chapter 7. Interactional sensibilities: bringing ancient disability studies to its archaeological senses. Emma-Jayne Graham Chapter 8. Rational capacity and incomplete adults: the mentally impaired in classical antiquity. Patricia Baker and Sarah Francis Part 4: Classical reception as the gateway between Classics and disability studies Introduction Ellen Adams 9. The immortal forgotten other gang: dwarf Cedalion, lame Hephaestus, and blind Orion. Edith Hall 10. A history of our own?List of figures List of tables Contributors Foreword by Lennard J. Davies Acknowledgments Chapter 1. ‘Disability studies and the classical body: the forgotten other. Introduction’ Ellen Adams Part 1. Communicating and controlling impairment, illness and pain Introduction Ellen Adams Chapter 2. Two troubles: the dramatic tragedy of Western medicine. Michael J. Flexer and Brian Hurwitz Chapter 3. ‘There is a pain – so utter’: Narrating chronic pain and disability in antiquity and modernity. Georgia Petridou Part 2. Using, creating and showcasing disability supports and services Introduction Ellen Adams Chapter 4. Prostheses in classical antiquity: a taxonomy. Jane Draycott Chapter 5. Displaying the forgotten other in museums: prostheses at the National Museums Scotland. Sophie Goggins Chapter 6. New light on ‘the viewer’: sensing the Parthenon galleries in the British Museum. Ellen Adams Part 3. Real bodies and retrieving senses: disability in the ritual record Introduction Ellen Adams Chapter 7. Interactional sensibilities: bringing ancient disability studies to its archaeological senses. Emma-Jayne Graham Chapter 8. Rational capacity and incomplete adults: the mentally impaired in classical antiquity. Patricia Baker and Sarah Francis Part 4: Classical reception as the gateway between Classics and disability studies Introduction Ellen Adams 9. The immortal forgotten other gang: dwarf Cedalion, lame Hephaestus, and blind Orion. Edith Hall 10. A history of our own? Using Classics in disability histories Helen King Index … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2021
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 305.9080938
People with disabilities -- History -- to 1500
Disabilities -- History -- To 1500
Sociology of disability
Civilization, Classical
Disability studies - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000381382
9781000381337
9780429273711 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780367221959
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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