By triangulating the Greco-Roman world, classical reception and disability studies, this book presents a range of approaches that reassess and reimagine traditional themes in studying disability in the ancient world, from the narrative voice to sensory studies.
By triangulating the Greco-Roman world, classical reception and disability studies, this book presents a range of approaches that reassess and reimagine traditional themes in studying disability in the ancient world, from the narrative voice to sensory studies.
Ellen Adams is Senior Lecturer in Classical Art and Archaeology at King's College London, UK. She has published extensively on Minoan Crete, including a book entitled Cultural Identity in Minoan Crete: Social Dynamics in the Neopalatial Period (2017, CUP). For many years, she has also investigated how a dialogue between disability studies and Classics might enhance both disciplines.
Inhaltsangabe
List of figures List of tables Contributors Foreword by Lennard J. Davies Acknowledgments Chapter 1. 'Disability studies and the classical body: the forgotten other. Introduction', Ellen Adams Part 1. Communicating and controlling impairment, illness and pain Introduction, Ellen Adams Chapter 2. Two troubles: the dramatic tragedy of Western medicine, Michael J. Flexer and Brian Hurwitz Chapter 3. 'There is a pain - so utter': Narrating chronic pain and disability in antiquity and modernity, Georgia Petridou Part 2. Using, creating and showcasing disability supports and services Introduction, Ellen Adams Chapter 4. Prostheses in classical antiquity: a taxonomy, Jane Draycott Chapter 5. Displaying the forgotten other in museums: prostheses at the National Museums Scotland, Sophie Goggins Chapter 6. New light on 'the viewer': sensing the Parthenon galleries in the British Museum, Ellen Adams Part 3. Real bodies and retrieving senses: disability in the ritual record Introduction, Ellen Adams Chapter 7. Interactional sensibilities: bringing ancient disability studies to its archaeological senses, Emma-Jayne Graham Chapter 8. Rational capacity and incomplete adults: the mentally impaired in classical antiquity, Patricia Baker and Sarah Francis Part 4: Classical reception as the gateway between Classics and disability studies Introduction, Ellen Adams 9. The immortal forgotten other gang: dwarf Cedalion, lame Hephaestus, and blind Orion, Edith Hall 10. A history of our own? Using Classics in disability histories, Helen King Index
List of figures List of tables Contributors Foreword by Lennard J. Davies Acknowledgments Chapter 1. 'Disability studies and the classical body: the forgotten other. Introduction', Ellen Adams Part 1. Communicating and controlling impairment, illness and pain Introduction, Ellen Adams Chapter 2. Two troubles: the dramatic tragedy of Western medicine, Michael J. Flexer and Brian Hurwitz Chapter 3. 'There is a pain - so utter': Narrating chronic pain and disability in antiquity and modernity, Georgia Petridou Part 2. Using, creating and showcasing disability supports and services Introduction, Ellen Adams Chapter 4. Prostheses in classical antiquity: a taxonomy, Jane Draycott Chapter 5. Displaying the forgotten other in museums: prostheses at the National Museums Scotland, Sophie Goggins Chapter 6. New light on 'the viewer': sensing the Parthenon galleries in the British Museum, Ellen Adams Part 3. Real bodies and retrieving senses: disability in the ritual record Introduction, Ellen Adams Chapter 7. Interactional sensibilities: bringing ancient disability studies to its archaeological senses, Emma-Jayne Graham Chapter 8. Rational capacity and incomplete adults: the mentally impaired in classical antiquity, Patricia Baker and Sarah Francis Part 4: Classical reception as the gateway between Classics and disability studies Introduction, Ellen Adams 9. The immortal forgotten other gang: dwarf Cedalion, lame Hephaestus, and blind Orion, Edith Hall 10. A history of our own? Using Classics in disability histories, Helen King Index
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