Stumbling blocks before the blind

medieval constructions of a disability

Stumbling blocks before the blind
Edward Wheatley, Edward Wheatl ...
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Stumbling blocks before the blind

medieval constructions of a disability

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Stumbling blocks before the blind: medieval constructions of a disability
2010, University of Michigan Press
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Table of Contents

Cripping the middle ages, medievalizing disability theory
Leading the blind : France versus England
"Blind" jews and blind Christians : the metaphorics of marginalization
Humoring the sighted : the comic embodiment of blindness
Blinding, blindness, and sexual transgression
Instructive interventions : miraculous chastisement and cure
Medieval science and blindness : case studies of Jean L'Aveugle, Gilles Le Muisit, and John Audelay
Afterword: the visibility of the blind in England and France.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Ann Arbor
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Corporealities

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Dewey Decimal Class
305.9/08109420902
Library of Congress
HV1965 .W52 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23736024M
ISBN 13
9780472117208
LCCN
2009038403
OCLC/WorldCat
441945637

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