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Explores textual representations of disability in the global Renaissance. Elizabeth B. Bearden contends that monstrosity, as a precursor to modern concepts of disability, has much to teach about our tendency to inscribe disability with meaning.

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An excellent, timely, and necessary book that upends the problematic assumption in contemporary disability studies that norming influences didn't exist in premodern societies. Highly interdisciplinary, Monstrous Kinds is an important contribution to both premodern and contemporary disability studies."" - Allison P. Hobgood, Willamette University

""An innovative book that will significantly contribute to the growing body of knowledge of Renaissance disability. The variety of texts examined from different geographical areas and languages, and the in-depth analysis of the works and images, are outstanding."" - Encarnación Juárez-Almendros, University of Notre Dame

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      Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 1/4/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472131129, 978-0472131129
      ISBN10: 0472131125
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      Disability: social aspects

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores textual representations of disability in the global Renaissance. Elizabeth B. Bearden contends that monstrosity, as a precursor to modern concepts of disability, has much to teach about our tendency to inscribe disability with meaning.

      Trade Review
      An excellent, timely, and necessary book that upends the problematic assumption in contemporary disability studies that norming influences didn't exist in premodern societies. Highly interdisciplinary, Monstrous Kinds is an important contribution to both premodern and contemporary disability studies."" - Allison P. Hobgood, Willamette University

      ""An innovative book that will significantly contribute to the growing body of knowledge of Renaissance disability. The variety of texts examined from different geographical areas and languages, and the in-depth analysis of the works and images, are outstanding."" - Encarnación Juárez-Almendros, University of Notre Dame

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