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Disability History in the Middle East
Disability History in the Middle East
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ISBN No.: 9780755653256
Pages: 272
Year: 202702
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 160.46
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (Forthcoming)

Ch. 1 - "Introduction: Disabling Narratives," by Sara Scalenghe and Beverly Tsacoyianis Ch. 2 - "Empire, Charity, and the Construction of Disability: The Case of the British Syrian Mission, 1860-1918," by Sara Scalenghe, Loyola University Maryland, USA Ch. 3 - "The Modern Prosthetic Experience of Late Ottoman Society," by Elif Küskü, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Ch. 4 - "Disability, Environment, and Medicalisation of Blindness in the Late Ottoman Empire," by Irem Yildiz, The University of Oxford, UK Ch. 5 - "Reading Resistance and Agency Through 19th Century Citizen Petitions" by Yasmin Shafei, American University in Beirut, Lebanon Ch. 6 - "Who Belongs in a Jewish Homeland: Disability, Gender, and Zionism in the Yishuv," by Sarah Imhoff, Indiana University Bloomington, USA Ch. 7 - "Contesting the Politics of British Prosthetic Care: Pain, Nativeness, and the Plight of Palestinian Jewish Amputees in WWII," by Marco di Giulio, Franklin & Marshall College, USA Ch.


8 - "'Discharged Uncured': The Failures of the Asylum in Colonial Egypt," by Sam Pulliam, United States Naval Academy, USA Ch. 9 - "On Souls, Psyches, and Spirits: Applying Trauma and Disability Studies Frameworks to Religious and Psychiatric Healing Practices in the 20th-Century Eastern Mediterranean," by Beverly Tsacoyianis, University of Memphis, USA Ch. 10 - "Treat Your Mind in Your Hand: Mid-20th Century Mental Health Discourses in Iran," by Saghar Bozorgi, University of Texas at Austin, USA Ch. 11 - "Portraying Disability in Refugeedom: Palestinian Refugees with Disability through UNRWA Photographs" by Maria Chiara Rioli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Ch. 12 - "Conclusion: Enriching Disability History through Middle Eastern Studies, and Enriching Middle Eastern Studies through Disability History," by co-editors Sara Scalenghe and Beverly Tsacoyianis.


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