Those They Called Idiots: The Idea of the Disabled Mind from 1700 to the Present Day

Jarrett, Simon

ISBN 10: 1836390718 / ISBN 13: 9781836390718

Edité par Reaktion Books, 2025

N° de réf. du vendeur GOR014845860

Synopsis :

Those They Called Idiots traces the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from the communities of eighteenth-century England to the nineteenth-century asylum and care in today’s society. Using evidence from civil and criminal court-rooms, joke books, slang dictionaries, novels, art and caricature, it explores the explosive intermingling of ideas about intelligence and race, while bringing into sharp focus the lives of people often seen as the most marginalized in society.

À propos de l?auteur:

Simon Jarrett is a writer and historian specializing in the history of disability. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Open University and author of A History of Disability in England: From the Medieval Period to the Present Day (2023). He also writes about people with learning disabilities and the arts for Community Living magazine. He is Chair of Corali Dance Company, a leader in dance created by people with learning disabilities.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Those They Called Idiots: The Idea of the ...
Éditeur : Reaktion Books
Date d'édition : 2025
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Fine