{"product_id":"9781350436756","title":"Cultural History of Disability in the Middle Ages","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCultural Histories Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCultural History of Disability in the Middle Ages\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJonathan Hsy | Tory V. Pearman | Joshua R. Eyler\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Social History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Middle Ages was an era of dynamic social transformation, and notions of disability in medieval culture reflected how norms and forms of embodiment interacted with gender, class, and race, among other dimensions of human difference. Ideas of disability in courtly romance, saints' lives, chronicles, sagas, secular lyrics, dramas, and pageants demonstrate the nuanced, and sometimes contradictory, relationship between cultural constructions of disability and the lived experience of impairment.\u003cbr\u003eAn essential resource for researchers, scholars, and students of history, literature, visual art, cultural studies, and education, \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Disability in the Middle Ages \u003c\/i\u003eexplores themes and topics such as atypical bodies; mobility impairment; chronic pain and illness; blindness; deafness; speech; learning difficulties; and mental health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Hsy\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at The George Washington University, USA. His books include \u003ci\u003eTrading Tongues: Merchants, Multilingualism, and Medieval Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and he has published widely on disability issues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTory V. Pearman \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of English at Miami University, USA. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eWomen and Disability in Medieval Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(2010) and \u003ci\u003eDisability and Knighthood in Malory's Morte Darthur\u003c\/i\u003e (2019).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua R. Eyler is \u003c\/b\u003eDirector of Faculty Development and Lecturer in Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi, USA. His books include \u003ci\u003eHow Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) and \u003ci\u003eDisability in the Middle Ages: Reconsiderations and Reverberations\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 April 2024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350436756\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936221397132,"sku":"9781350436756","price":33.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_3e9fb610-bc53-4e34-acd5-eb06cf253c8b.jpg?v=1786015289","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350436756","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}