Cultural Locations of Disability

Name: Cultural Locations of Disability
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ISBN: 9780226767321

ISBN-10: 0226767329

ISBN-13: 9780226767321

Edition: 2006

Authors: Sharon L. Snyder, David T. Mitchell

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In Cultural Locations of Disability, Sharon L. Snyder and David T. Mitchell trace how disabled people came to be viewed as biologically deviant. The eugenics era pioneered techniques that managed "defectives" through the application of therapies, invasive case histories, and acute surveillance techniques, turning disabled persons into subjects for a readily available research pool. In its pursuit of normalization, eugenics implemented disability regulations that included charity systems, marriage laws, sterilization, institutionalization, and even extermination. Enacted in enclosed disability locations, these practices ultimately resulted in expectations of segregation from the mainstream,…

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List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Cultural Locations of Disability



Dis-locations of Culture



Masquerades of Impairment: Charity as a Confidence Game



Subnormal Nation: The Making of a U.S. Disability Minority



The Eugenic Atlantic: Disability and the Making of an International Science



Echoes of Eugenics



After the Panopticon: Contemporary Institutions as Documentary Subject



Body Genres and Disability Sensations: The Challenge of the New Disability Documentary Cinema



Institutionalizing Disability Studies



Conclusion: Compulsory Feral-ization


Notes


Works Cited


Index