A Cultural History of Disability in the Long Nineteenth Century

Martha Stoddard Holmes is Professor of Literature and Writing Studies at California State University San Marcos, USA. Joyce L. Huff is Associate Professor of English at Ball State University, USA.

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Series Preface

Introduction: Negotiating Normalcy in the Long Nineteenth Century, Joyce L. Huff, Ball State University, USA and Martha Stoddard Holmes, California State University, USA

Chapter 1: Atypical Bodies: The Cultural Work of the Nineteenth-Century Freak Show, Nadja Durbach, University of Utah, USA

Chapter 2: Mobility Impairment: From the Bath Chair to the Wheelchair, Karen Bourrier, University of Calgary, Canada

Chapter 3: Chronic Pain and Illness: “The Wounded Soldiery of Mankind,” Maria Frawley, George Washington University, USA

Chapter 4: Blindness: Creating and Consuming a Non-Visual Culture, Vanessa Warne, University of Manitoba, Canada

Chapter 5: Deafness: Representation, Sign Language, and Community, c. 1800-1920, Esme Cleall, University of Sheffield, UK

Chapter 6: Speech: Dysfluent Temporalities in the Long Nineteenth Century, Daniel Martin, MacEwan University, Canada

Chapter 7: Learning Difficulties: The Transformation of “Idiocy” in the Nineteenth Century, Patrick
McDonagh, Concordia University, Canada

Chapter 8: Mental Health Issues: Alienists, Asylums, and the Mad, Elizabeth J. Donaldson, New York Institute of Technology, USA

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