The Staff of Oedipus : Transforming Disability in Ancient Greece.
Title:
The Staff of Oedipus : Transforming Disability in Ancient Greece.
Author:
Rose, Martha L.
ISBN:
9780472026265
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (169 pages)
Series:
Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability
Contents:
Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Landscape of Disability -- 2 Killing Defective Babies -- 3 Demosthenes' Stutter: Overcoming Impairment -- 4 Croesus's Other Son Deafness in a Culture of Communication -- 5 Degrees of Sight and Blindness -- Conclusion: Ability and Disability in Lysias -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Exposes centuries-old disability myths that still survive today.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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