Description
Book SynopsisDavid T. Mitchell is Professor of English at George Washington University, USA.
Sharon L. Snyder is an independent researcher.Mitchell and Snyder are editors of the
Encyclopaedia of Disability,
Volume Five: A History of Disability in Primary Sources (2005) and, most recently,
The Matter of Disability [with Susan Antebi] (2019). Together they are also co-authors of influential books in Disability Studies including
Narrative Prosthesis (2000),
Cultural Locations of Disability (2006), and T
he Biopolitics of Disability (2015).
Table of ContentsList of Illustration Notes of Contributors Series Preface Introduction: What We Talk About When We Talk About Disability – David T. Mitchell & Sharon L. Snyder, George Washington University, USA Ch 1: Atypical Bodies – Bee Scherer, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Ch 2: Mobility Impairment – Fiona Kumari Campbell, University of Dundee, UK Ch 3: Chronic Pain - Theodora Danylevich. George Washington University, USA Ch 4: Blindness - Tanya Titchkosky & Rod Michalko, University of Toronto, Canada Ch 5: Deafness - Sam Yates, George Washington University, USA Ch 6: Speech - Zephyrous Zahari, George Washington University, USA Ch 7: Learning difficulties – Owen Barden, Hope Liverpool University, UK Ch 8: Mental Health Issues - Anne McGuire, University of Toronto, Canada Notes Bibliography Index
