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Writing the History of Disabilities: Agency, Intersections, Concepts

Writing the History of Disabilities: Agency, Intersections, Concepts

Baár, Monika
Feldner, Heiko
Trigt, Paul Van

Hardcover

Series: Writing History

Medical ReferenceHistoriography

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 26, 2026

ISBN10: 1350521736
ISBN13: 9781350521735
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Nov 26 2026
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book uses a variety of case studies to examine how disability can be used as an analytical lens, and provide new perspectives on historical research.

Approximately 15-20% of the world's population is estimated to be disabled. Writing the History of Disabilities examines 13 case studies, ranging from the activism of Italian First World War veterans, to the social history of Tuberculosis in North America, and the history of disability in sport. Each chapter encourages wider historical engagement with the social and cultural impacts of disability, and demonstrates how the history of disability can interact with existing theoretical frameworks.

This book demonstrates the potential for disability as an analytical concept, both in its own right, and as a new approach to the study of history. Illuminating the intersections between disability and class, race, gender, and sexuality, this volume examines disability alongside a range of historical methodologies, and invites students to include disability in their analytical toolkit, and create more inclusive histories.

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