Neo-Victorian Cultural Collections of Disability

Interdisciplinary Interventions

AvLouise Logan-Smith

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Literary Disability Studies

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Beskrivning

This study offers the first extensive analysis of the continued display of the bodies and artefacts of historical figures linked to the freak show, and the significant theoretical connections between these displays and broader cultural and fictional representations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-12-25
Mått:148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt:401 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Literary Disability Studies
Antal sidor:207
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031760914

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Louise Logan-Smith is Associate Lecturer in English Studies and Tutor of Creative Writing at Teesside University, UK, where she teaches modules on literary culture in the twenty-first century, creative writing, and Victorian and Neo-Victorian literature.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Visual Art, Disability and Museum Culture in Neo-Victorianism.- Chapter 3: Alternative Archives: Approaching Museum Collections through Neo-Victorian Fiction.- Chapter 4: Behind the Vitrine Glass’: Revisiting Approaches to the Textual and Material Display of Sarah Baartman and Julia Pastrana.- Chapter 5: “Monster Men” and the Ethics of Display: The Afterlife of Charles Byrne ‘The Irish Giant’.- Chapter 6: The Case of Joseph Merrick: Fictionalising Disability in the Museum Space.- Chapter 7: ‘In Full Voice’: Narrating the Giant Female Body in Heritage Practices.- Chapter 8: Afterword.