A Cultural History of Disability: Volumes 1-6 (The Cultural Histories Series)

English Professor Robert McRuer co-edited this six-volume series that spans 2,500 years of history and features 50 experts contributing their overview on questions such as: How has our understanding and treatment of disability evolved in Western culture? And how has it been represented and perceived in different social and cultural conditions? The volumes describe different kinds of physical and mental disabilities, their representations and receptions and what impact they have had on society and everyday life.