Disability in World History: A Comparative History.

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Cross-cultural comparison of mental, physical, and sensory disability in world history from ancient times to the present. Emphasizes disability as a social and cultural construction and examines how disability intersects with historical constructions of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Topical approach emphasizes the lived experiences of disabled individuals, cultural perceptions of disabled individuals in different times, periods, and places, and disability activism.