• Cite/Export
  Cite/Export

  Copy a citation

  APA (6th ed.)

  

  Chicago (Author-Date, 15th ed.)

  

  Harvard (18th ed.)

  

  MLA (7th ed.)

  

  Turabian (6th ed.)

  

  Export a citation

  Export to RefWorks   Export to EndNote / Reference Manager   Export to EasyBib   Cancel

  Note: Citations are based on reference standards. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher, classroom teacher, institution or organization should be applied.
• Print
• E-mail
  E-mail

  All fields are required.

  The E-mail Address(es) field is required. Please enter recipient e-mail address(es).

  The E-mail Address(es) you entered is(are) not in a valid format. Please re-enter recipient e-mail address(es).

  You may send this item to up to five recipients.

  Enter recipient e-mail address(es): Separate up to five addresses with commas (,)

  The name field is required. Please enter your name.

  Enter your name: The subject field is required. Please enter the subject. Subject:

  The E-mail message field is required. Please enter the message.

  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://uwashington.worldcat.org/oclc/40744495 Title: Woeful afflictions : disability and sentimentality in Victorian America Author: Mary Klages Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1999. ISBN/ISSN: 0812234995 9780812234992 OCLC:40744495

  
  Cancel
• Share
• Permalink
  Permalink

  Copy this URL to link to this page:
• Ask Us!

More like this

Subjects

• People with disabilities -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
• People with disabilities -- United States -- Public opinion.
• People with disabilities in mass media -- History.
• View all subjects

Similar Items

Woeful afflictions : disability and sentimentality in Victorian America

Author:	Mary Klages
Publisher:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1999.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	Unique in its focus on blindness and its examination of the interplay between institutional discourse and popular literature, Woeful Afflictions offers a detailed historical analysis of the types of cultural work performed by sentimental representations of disability in public reports and lectures, exhibitions, novels, stories, poems, autobiographical writings, and popular media portrayals in the United States from the 1830s through the 1890s. This book will interest anyone concerned with disability studies and the social construction of the body, with the history of education and of public institutional care in the United States, and with autobiographical writings.  Read more...