Understanding Disability Throughout History: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Iceland from Settlement to 1936 (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies)

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Synopsis
Understanding Disability Throughout History explores seldom-heard voices from the past by studying the hidden lives of disabled people before the concept of disability existed culturally, socially and administratively. The book focuses on Iceland from the Age of Settlement, traditionally considered to have taken place from 874 to 930, until the 1936 Law on Social Security (Lög um almannatryggingar), which is the first time that disabled people were referenced in Iceland as a legal or administrative category. Data sources analysed in the project represent a broad range of materials that are not often featured in the study of disability, such as bone collections, medieval literature and census data from the early modern era, archaeological remains, historical archives, folktales and legends, personal narratives and museum displays. The ten chapters include contributions from multidisciplinary team of experts working in the fields of Disability Studies, History, Archaeology, Medieval Icelandic Literature, Folklore and Ethnology, Anthropology, Museum Studies, and Archival Sciences, along with a collection of post-doctoral and graduate students. The volume will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, history, medieval studies, ethnology, folklore, and archaeology.
Copyright:
2022

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
186 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000486728
Related ISBNs:
9781032017822, 9781032018270, 9781003180180
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir and James G. Rice
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir
Edited by:
James G. Rice

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