UID:
kobvindex_HPB779828052
Format:
1 online resource (446 pages).
ISBN:
9780814708873
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0814708870
Series Statement:
The History of Disability
Content:
In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, municipallaws targeting "unsightly beggars" sprang up in cities across America. Seeming to criminalize disability and thus offering a visceral example of discrimination, these "ugly laws" have become a sort of shorthand for oppression in disability studies, law, and the arts. In this watershed study of the ugly laws, Susan M. Schweik uncovers the murky history behind the laws, situating the varied legislation in its historical context and exploring in detail what the laws meant. Illustrating how the laws join the history of the di
Note:
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: THE EMERGENCE OF THE UGLY LAWS; 1 Producing the Unsightly; 2 Getting Ugly; 3 The Law in Context; 4 The Law in Language; 5 Dissimulations; II: AT THE UNSIGHTLY INTERSECTION; 6 Gender, Sexuality, and the Ugly Law; 7 Immigration, Ethnicity, and the Ugly Law; 8 Race, Segregation, and the Ugly Law; III: THE END OF THE UGLY LAWS; 9 The Right to the City; 10 Rehabilitating the Unsightly; 11 All about Ugly Laws (for Ten Cents); Conclusion; Appendix: The Ugly Laws; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S.
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TU; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Schweik, Susan M. Ugly Laws : Disability in Public. New York : NYU Press, ©2009 ISBN 9780814740576
Language:
English
Keywords:
History
URL:
NYU Press Open Square
