03703nam 22006374a 450 991082654160332120200520144314.00-8147-0887-00-8147-4088-X1-4416-2291-810.18574/9780814708873(MiAaPQ)EBC865348(DE-B1597)548611(DE-B1597)9780814708873(DE-B1597)679296(DE-B1597)9780814740880(CKB)1000000000789189(EXLCZ)99100000000078918920081104d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ugly laws disability in public /Susan M. Schweik1st ed.New York New York Universityc20091 online resource (446 p.)The history of disabilityDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-8361-9 0-8147-4057-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-404) and index.Producing the unsightly -- Getting ugly -- The law in context -- The law in language -- Dissimulations -- Gender, sexuality, and the ugly law -- Immigration, ethnicity, and the ugly law -- Race, segregation, and the ugly law -- The right to the city -- Rehabilitating the unsightly -- All about ugly laws (for ten cents).In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, municipallaws targeting "unsightly beggars" sprang up in cities across America. Seeming to criminalize disability and thus offering a visceral example of discrimination, these “ugly laws” have become a sort of shorthand for oppression in disability studies, law, and the arts.In this watershed study of the ugly laws, Susan M. Schweik uncovers the murky history behind the laws, situating the varied legislation in its historical context and exploring in detail what the laws meant. Illustrating how the laws join the history of the disabled and the poor, Schweik not only gives the reader a deeper understanding of the ugly laws and the cities where they were generated, she locates the laws at a crucial intersection of evolving and unstable concepts of race, nation, sex, class, and gender. Moreover, she explores the history of resistance to the ordinances, using the often harrowing life stories of those most affected by their passage. Moving to the laws’ more recent history, Schweik analyzes the shifting cultural memory of the ugly laws, examining how they have been used—and misused—by academics, activists, artists, lawyers, and legislators.History of disability series.People with disabilitiesLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesHistoryBeggarsLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesHistoryDiscrimination against people with disabilitiesLaw and legislationUnited StatesHistoryPeople with disabilitiesUnited StatesHistoryBeggarsUnited StatesHistoryPeople with disabilitiesLegal status, laws, etc.History.BeggarsLegal status, laws, etc.History.Discrimination against people with disabilitiesLaw and legislationHistory.People with disabilitiesHistory.BeggarsHistory.346.7301/3Schweik Susan M(Susan Marie),1956-1705866MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826541603321The ugly laws4092906UNINA$133.8811/02/2016Dis