Cultural Locations of Disability

by David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226767329
• ISBN13: 9780226767321
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"