A Cultural History of Disability in the Modern Age

David T. Mitchell is Professor of English at George Washington University, USA. Sharon L. Snyder is an independent researcher. Mitchell and Snyder are editors of the Encyclopaedia of Disability, Volume Five: A History of Disability in Primary Sources (2005) and, most recently, The Matter of Disability [with Susan Antebi] (2019). Together they are also co-authors of influential books in Disability Studies including Narrative Prosthesis (2000), Cultural Locations of Disability (2006), and The Biopolitics of Disability (2015).

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Series Preface

Introduction: What We Talk About When We Talk About Disability – David T. Mitchell & Sharon L. Snyder, George Washington University, USA

Ch 1: Atypical Bodies – Bee Scherer, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

Ch 2: Mobility Impairment – Fiona Kumari Campbell, University of Dundee, UK

Ch 3: Chronic Pain - Theodora Danylevich. George Washington University, USA

Ch 4: Blindness - Tanya Titchkosky & Rod Michalko, University of Toronto, Canada

Ch 5: Deafness - Sam Yates, George Washington University, USA

Ch 6: Speech - Zephyrous Zahari, George Washington University, USA

Ch 7: Learning difficulties – Owen Barden, Hope Liverpool University, UK

Ch 8: Mental Health Issues - Anne McGuire, University of Toronto, Canada

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