Where Paralytics Walk and the Blind See : Stories of Sickness and Disability ...

Where Paralytics Walk and the Blind See : Stories of Sickness and Disability ...

Princeton University Press

An exploration of early modern accounts of sickness and disability\u2014and what they tell us about our own approach to bodily differenceIn our age of biomedicine, society often treats sickness and disability as problems in need of solution. Phenomena of embodied difference, however, have not always been seen in terms of lack and loss. Where Paralytics Walk and the Blind See explores the case of early modern Catholic Canada under French rule and shows it to be a period rich with alternative understandings of infirmity, disease, and death. Counternarratives to our contemporary assumptions, these early modern stories invite us to creatively imagine ways of living meaningfully with embodied difference today.\nAt the heart of Dunn\u2019s account are a range of historical sources: Jesuit stories of\n\nWhere Paralytics Walk and the Blind See\nStories of Sickness and Disability at the Juncture of Worlds\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK deliver;

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