Disability in Antiquity

Description:

"This volume is a major contribution to the field of disability history in the ancient world. Contributions from leading international scholars examine deformity and disability from a variety of historical, sociological and theoretical perspectives, as represented in various media. The volume is not confined to a narrow view of 'antiquity' but includes a large number of pieces on ancient western Asia that provide a broad and comparative view of the topic and enable scholars to see this important topic in the round. Disability in Antiquity is the first multidisciplinary volume to truly map out and explore the topic of disability in the ancient world and create new avenues of thought and research."--Publisher's description.

subjects: People with disabilities,  People with mental disabilities,  Civilization, classical,  Education, curricula,  History,  Classical Civilization,  Disability studies,  Disabled Persons,  Social Discrimination,  Ancient History,  Greek World,  Roman World,  Civilisation ancienne,  Études sur le handicap,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Discrimination & Race Relations,  Minority Studies,  Behinderung,  Anomalie