Physical Description
xxii, 407 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Disability in the culture of the Weimar Republic
Disability and Nazi culture
No friends of the Third Reich : different views of disability from exile
Disability in the defeated nation : the Federal Republic
Breaking the spell of metaphor : three examples from film, literature, and the media
Disability and socialist images of the human being in the culture of the German Democratic Republic
Disability rights, disability culture, disability studies
German/American bodies politic : a look at some current biocultural debates
We shall overcome overcoming : an American professor's reflections on disability in Germany and the United States.
ISBN
9780472115952
0472115952 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-401) and index.
Disability in the culture of the Weimar Republic -- Disability and Nazi culture -- No friends of the Third Reich : different views of disability from exile -- Disability in the defeated nation : the Federal Republic -- Breaking the spell of metaphor : three examples from film, literature, and the media -- Disability and socialist images of the human being in the culture of the German Democratic Republic -- Disability rights, disability culture, disability studies -- German/American bodies politic : a look at some current biocultural debates -- We shall overcome overcoming : an American professor's reflections on disability in Germany and the United States.
