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The Ugly Laws – Disability in Public: The History of Disability

Autor Susan M. Schweik
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 aug 2010
In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, municipal laws 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 disabled and the poor, Schweik not only gives the reader a deeper understanding of the ugly laws and the cities where they were generated, she locates the laws at a crucial intersection of evolving and unstable concepts of race, nation, sex, class, and gender. Moreover, she explores the history of resistance to the ordinances, using the often harrowing life stories of those most affected by their passage. Moving to the laws’ more recent history, Schweik analyzes the shifting cultural memory of the ugly laws, examining how they have been used - and misused - by academics, activists, artists, lawyers, and legislators.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780814783610
ISBN-10: 0814783619
Pagini: 444
Ilustrații: 18
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Editura: MI – New York University
Seria The History of Disability


Cuprins

Contents; Preface vi; Introduction 1; Part I: The Emergence of the Ugly Laws 31; 1. Producing the Unsightly 32; 2. Getting Ugly 57; 3. The Law in Context 91; 4. The Law in Language 118; 5. Dissimulations 153; Part II: At the Unsightly Intersection 196; 6. Gender, Sexuality and the Ugly Law 197; 7. Immigration, Ethnicity and the Ugly Law 232; 8. Race, Segregation and the Ugly Law 259; Part III: The End of the Ugly Laws 289; 9. The Right to the City 290; 10. Rehabilitating the Unsightly 323; 11. All about Ugly Laws, for Ten Cents 358; Conclusion 388; Appendix 406; Notes 414; Bibliography 506; Index; About the Author 598

Recenzii

“This cultural history is a revelation, rich with insights that let us ponder our own encounters with disability and the categories we make.- The Cleveland Plain Dealer“Schweik draws on a deep index of resources, from legal proceedings to out-of-print books, to tell the story of individuals long lost to history.” Publishers Weekly“What is ugliness, and how ugly is too ugly? Perverse though such discrimination might seem today, Schweik suggests that re-examining such laws ‘might prove very useful as a way of foregrounding the inevitable ambiguity of the category of ‘disability’.” The Chronicle Review“The Ugly Laws is a focused and deeply mined interrogation of a familiar cultural figure - the unsightly beggar - that has not until now been critically examined. Schweik is a virtuosa of both close reading and the big picture, merging historical scholarship with analysis of the discursive elaboration and cultural work of the unsightly beggar figure. The Ugly Laws is an essential text.” Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, author of Extraordinary Bodies“Schweik uses ‘unsightly beggar’ laws in American cities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to explore fundamental questions about disability, race, gender, and class in new and often startling ways. The book is beautifully written, delightfully thought-provoking, and deeply researched. It is quite honestly the best work of scholarship I have read in a long time” Douglas C. Baynton, author of Forbidden Signs“Thoughtful, comprehensive, insightful, readable, and full of interesting characters and colourful digressions, The Ugly Laws is an admirable piece of scholarship and a significant contribution to the literature.” Robert L. Burgdorf Jr., David A. Clarke School of Law, and the author of the original version of the Americans with Disabilities Act“Schweik delivers a compelling and insightful examination of disability norms, municipal law, and American culture. . . . She gives voice to the fascinating stories of the unsightly, the alienated, and the excluded. A valuable contribution for anyone interested in disability theory, poverty law and policy, and social history. - Paul Steven Miller, Director, Disability Studies Program, University of Washington

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A hard look at an ugly chapter in America’s history