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Disability and the Victorians Attitudes, interventions, legacies 1st Edition

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Full Title

Disability and the Victorians Attitudes, interventions, legacies 1st Edition

Author(s)

Iain Hutchison, Martin Atherton, Jaipreet Virdi

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781526145703, 9781526145710, 9781526145727, 9781526163929

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Disability and the Victorians brings together in one collection a range of topics, perspectives and experiences from the Victorian era that present a unique overview of the development and impact of attitudes and interventions towards those with impairments during this time. The collection also considers how the legacies of these actions can be seen to have continued throughout the twentieth century right up to the present day. Subjects addressed include deafness, blindness, language delay, substance dependency, imperialism and the representation of disabled characters in popular fiction. These varied topics illustrate how common themes can be found in how Victorian philanthropists and administrators responded to those under their care. Often character, morality and the chance to be restored to productivity and usefulness overrode medical need and this both influenced and reflected wider societal views of impairment and inability.