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Those They Called Idiots
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- Book Synopsis
- Those They Called Idiots traces the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from the communities of eighteenth-century England to the nineteenth-century asylum and care in today's society. Using evidence from civil and criminal court-rooms, joke books, slang dictionaries, novels, art and caricature, it explores the explosive intermingling of ideas about intelligence and race, while bringing into sharp focus the lives of people often seen as the most marginalized in society.
- About The Author
- Simon Jarrett is a writer and historian specializing in the history of disability. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Open University and author of A History of Disability in England: From the Medieval Period to the Present Day (2023). He also writes about people with learning disabilities and the arts for Community Living magazine. He is Chair of Corali Dance Company, a leader in dance created by people with learning disabilities.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781836390718
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books, (01 April 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 352
- Weight
- 454 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 36 mm
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