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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826206103321

Autore

Poore Carol

Titolo

Disability in Twentieth-century German culture / / CArol Poore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : Univ of Michigan Pr., 2009, c2007

ISBN

1-282-59153-3

9786612591532

0-472-02531-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (430 p.)

Collana

Corporealities : discourses of disability

Disciplina

305.9/08509430904

Soggetti

People with disabilities - Germany - History - 20th century

People with disabilities - Germany - Public opinion

Public opinion - Germany

People with disabilities - Nazi persecution

People with disabilities - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Disability in the Culture of the Weimar Republic; 2. Disability and Nazi Culture; 3. No Friends of the Third Reich: Different Views of Disability from Exile; 4. Disability in the Defeated Nation: The Federal Republic; 5. Breaking the Spell of Metaphor: Three Examples from Film, Literature, and the Media; 6. Disability and Socialist Images of the Human Being in the Culture of the German Democratic Republic; 7. Disability Rights, Disability Culture, Disability Studies

8. German/American Bodies Politic: A Look at Some Current Biocultural Debates9. We Shall Overcome Overcoming: An American Professor's Reflections on Disability in Germany and the United States; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

A groundbreaking exploration of disability in Germany, from the Weimar Republic to present-day reunified Germany