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OverviewThis book offers a groundbreaking exploration of disability in Germany, from the Weimar Republic to the fall of the Berlin Wall. """"Disability in Twentieth-Century German Culture"""" reveals the contradictions of a nation renowned for its social services programs yet notorious for its history of compulsory sterilization and eugenic dogma. Covering the entire scope of Germany's most tragic and tumultuous century, this comprehensive volume reveals how central the notion of disability is to modern German cultural history. Carol Poore examines a wide range of literary and visual depictions of disability, focusing particular attention on disability and Nazi culture. Other topics explored include the exile community's response to disability, socialism and disability in East Germany, current bioethical debates, and the rise and gains of the disability rights movement. Richly illustrated, wide-ranging and accessible, """"Disability in Twentieth-Century Germany"""" gives students, scholars, and all those interested in disability studies, Germans studies, visual culture, Nazi history, and bioethics the opportunity to explore controversial questions of individuality, normalcy, citizenship, and morality. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Carol PoorePublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.822kg ISBN: 9780472115952ISBN 10: 0472115952 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 25 September 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAn important and path-breaking book...immensely interesting, it will appeal not only to students of twentieth-century Germany but to all those interested in the growing field of disability studies. - Robert C. Holub, University of Tennessee A major, long-awaited book. The chapter on Nazi images is brilliant - certainly the best that has been written in this arena by any scholar. - Sander L. Gilman, Emory University "An important and path-breaking book...immensely interesting, it will appeal not only to students of twentieth-century Germany but to all those interested in the growing field of disability studies. - Robert C. Holub, University of Tennessee """"A major, long-awaited book. The chapter on Nazi images is brilliant - certainly the best that has been written in this arena by any scholar."""" - Sander L. Gilman, Emory University" An important and path-breaking book...immensely interesting, it will appeal not only to students of twentieth-century Germany but to all those interested in the growing field of disability studies. - Robert C. Holub, University of Tennessee A major, long-awaited book. The chapter on Nazi images is brilliant - certainly the best that has been written in this arena by any scholar. - Sander L. Gilman, Emory University Author InformationCarol Poore is Professor of German Studies at Brown University. She is also author of The Bonds of Labor: German Journeys to the Working World 1890-1900 and German-American Socialist Literature 1865-1900. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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