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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Betty M Adelson |
ISBN: | 0813535484 9780813535487 |
OCLC Number: | 55981420 |
Description: | xxiv, 431 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
Contents: | I: The past: social constraints and the struggle to cope -- History from ancient Egypt through the Nazi era -- Biographies of eminent dwarfs -- II: The transition: confronting mockery, myth, and medical mysteries -- Stigma -- Mythology -- Anthropology -- Medical aspects -- III: The cultural mirror: images of dwarfs in the arts -- Art -- Literature -- Theater, film, and television -- Music -- IV: Lives today: transforming destiny -- Lives today. |
Responsibility: | Betty M. Adelson ; foreword by Julie Rotta. |
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Abstract:
Spanning the centuries, this social history of dwarfs chronicles the various ways this population has been exploited, describes their strategies for coping, and notes the persistent influence of mythology upon perceptions of them. The Lives of Dwarfs offers thought on issues of disability, medical treatment, height, beauty, and identity.
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The Lives of Dwarfs is extraordinary in its range and vision. Beautifully written. Totally absorbing. - Ursula Hegi, author of Stones from the River
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