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Abstract
Although substantial histories of emotional, physical, intellectual, and sensory impairment have proliferated throughout the past century, the historical study of disability as community is a relatively recent endeavor. As these studies have diversified, separate epistemologies that examine disability as a social phenomenon and impairments as a cultural phenomenon have evolved, particularly in English-speaking countries. However, few historical works try to address these separate approaches in a single coherent narrative. In Sight Correction, Mounsey attempts to develop such a narrative by surveying the intellectual and literary understanding of visual impairment as disability in Britain (by which he means Wales, England, and Scotland) during the eighteenth century.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 631-633 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of Interdisciplinary History |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 21 Mar 2021 |
Keywords
- blind
- blindness
- visual impairment
- poetry
- Literature
- Eighteenth Century
- Nineteenth Century
- History
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Philosophy of Inclusion: Sensory Impairment and Cultural Inclusion
Hayhoe, S. (PI)
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