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Disability in Antiquity (Rewriting Antiquity) by Christian Laes

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9780367518042
UPC
9780367518042
ISBN
9780367518042
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Book Title
Disability in Antiquity (Rewriting Antiquity) by C
Item Height
2.3 cm
Item Weight
0.86 kg

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Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
036751804X
ISBN-13
9780367518042
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12050062616

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
490 Pages
Publication Name
Disability in Antiquity
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Subject
Ancient / General, People with Disabilities, Curricula
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Education, History
Author
Christian Laes
Series
Rewriting Antiquity Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
6.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
Reviews
"After two millennia the voices of some of the most silent people of antiquity are finally being heard. This volume opens up a world previously all but unknown to us. It is an important collection of essays, in terms of both content and approach, that every ancient historian and classicist, as well as anyone interested in the history of disability, needs to read." - Tim Parkin, University of Manchester, UK "Christian Laes and the contributors to this volume emancipate the disabled in antiquity, not only in the Greek and Roman world, but also in the Near, Middle and Far East. They show them in their social and cultural context and in comparative perspective, making visible the invisible." - Manfred Horstmanshoff, Leiden University, The Netherlands "...the volume's strength is the breadth of material that has been selected for inclusion ... the volume serves as a fitting starting point for a new era in disability history focussing on the ancient Mediterranean." - Jane Draycott, University of Glasgow, UK, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2017 "Disability in Antiquity is a valuable contribution to the recent field of historical disability studies ... The strength of this book lies in its endeavor to be comprehensive and comparative: collating a wide range of materials from different eras and cultures provides the reader with a holistic understanding of the topic at hand ... this book is an excellent addition to any scholarly library and a must-read for anyone interested in the history of disability. Readers are left not just with a thorough understanding of the topic but also an invitation for future research, as the authors put forth compelling and insightful questions to continue the conversation regarding disability in antiquity." - Heidi De Baerdemaeker-Poole, The Waterford School, USA, The Classical Journal 2018 "This collection, richly diverse, holds much of use for the future work in the field. The bibliographies at the end of each chapter are extensive and current and care has been taken by the editor to locate the individual studies in the context of the history of disability studies as a whole." - Patricia Clark, University of Victoria, Canada, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
305.908093
Table Of Content
Preface and Acknowledgements Note on the Bibliography List of Contributors Introduction: Disability History and the Ancient World. Past, Present and Future - Christian Laes Disability and Infirmitas in the Ancient World: Demographic and Biological facts in the longue durée - April Pudsey The Ancient (Near) East Disabilities from Head to Toe in Hittite Civilisation - Richard Beal Mesopotamia and Israel - Edgar Kellenberger Ancient Persia and Silent Disability - Omar Coloru Egyptian Medicine and Disabilities: from Pharaonic to Graeco-Roman Egypt - Rosalie David India: Demystifying Disability in Antiquity - M. Miles Disability in Ancient China - Olivia Milburn The Greek World The Greek vocabulary of disabilities - Evelyn Samama Ability and Disability in Classical Athenian Oratory - Martha Lynn Rose Disabilities in Comedy and Tragedy - Robert Garland Legal (and Customary?) Approaches to the Disabled in Ancient Greece - Matthew Dillon The Hellenistic Turn in Bodily Representations: Venting Anxiety in Terracotta Figurines - Alexandre Mitchell Plutarch's 'Philosophy' of Disability: Human after All - Michiel Meeusen The Roman World Roman Perfect bodies. The Stoic View - Bert Gevaert Foul and Fair Bodies, Minds, and Poetry in Roman Satire - Sarah Bond and T.H.M. Gellar-Goad The 'Other' Romans: Deformed Bodies in the Visual Arts of Rome - Lisa Trentin Mobility Impairment in the Sanctuaries of Early Roman Italy - Emma-Jayne Graham Mental Disability? Galen on Mental Health - Chiara Thumiger Madness and Mad Patients According to Caelius Aurelianus - Danielle Gourevitch Disability in the Roman Digest - Peter Toohey The Late Ancient World Hysterical Women? Gender and Disability in Early Christian Narrative - Anna Rebecca Solevåg Augustine's Sermons and Disabilities - Martin Claes and Anthony Dupont Infirmitas in Monastic Rules - Jenni Kuuliala The Coptic and Ethiopic Tradition on Disabilities - Carol Downer The Disability Within: Sexual Desire as Disability in Syriac Christianity - John Martens The Disabled in the Byzantine Empire - Stephanos Efthymiadis What Difference did Islam Make? Disease and Disability in Early Medieval North Africa - Matthew Gaumer Impotent Husbands, Eunuchs and Flawed Women in Early Islamic Law - Hocine Benkheira Disability in Rabbinic Judaism - Lennart Lehmhaus and Julia Watts Belser The endurance of tradition Then and now. Canonical law on disabilities - Irina Metzler The Imperfect body in Nazi Germany: Ancient Concepts, Modern Technologies - Toon Van Houdt Bibliography Index
Synopsis
This volume is a major contribution to the field of disability history in the ancient world. Contributions from leading international scholars examine deformity and disability from a variety of historical, sociological and theoretical perspectives, as represented in various media. The volume is not confined to a narrow view of 'antiquity' but includes a large number of pieces on ancient western Asia that provide a broad and comparative view of the topic and enable scholars to see this important topic in the round. Disability in Antiquity is the first multidisciplinary volume to truly map out and explore the topic of disability in the ancient world and create new avenues of thought and research.
LC Classification Number
HV1552.D576 2020

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