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Idiocy - A Cultural History (Paperback)
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Idiocy - A Cultural History (Paperback)
Series: Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society, 3
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The term 'idiot' is a damning put down, whether deployed on the
playground or in the board room. People stigmatized as being
'intellectually disabled' today must confront variants of the fear
and pity with which society has greeted them for centuries. In this
ground-breaking new study Patrick McDonagh explores how artistic,
scientific and sociological interpretations of idiocy work
symbolically and ideologically in society. Drawing upon a broad
spectrum of British, French and American resources including
literary works (Wordsworth's 'The Idiot Boy', Dickens Barnaby
Rudge, Conrad's The Secret Agent), pedagogical works (Itard's The
Wild Boy of Aveyron, Sequin's Traitement moral, hygiene et
education des idiots, and Howe's On the courses of Idiocy), medical
and scientific papers (Philippe Pinel, Henry Maudsley, William
Ireland, John Langdon Downs, Isaac Kerlin, Henry Goddard) and
sociological writings (Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor,
Beames' The Rookeries of London, Dugdal's The Jukes), Idiocy: A
Cultural History offers a rich study of the history and
representation of mental disability.
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