Constructing Disability After the Great War
Blind Veterans in the Progressive Era
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2024
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New edition
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-08824-7 (ISBN)
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-08824-7 (ISBN)
As Americans determined the meanings of identity for blind veterans of World War I, Sullivan investigates the rich lives of blind soldiers and veterans in a mix of inspirational stories. They reveal how veterans and soldiers confronted barriers and managed whilst continually exposed to the public’s scrutiny of their service.
As Americans--both civilians and veterans--worked to determine the meanings of identity for blind veterans of World War I, they bound cultural constructs of blindness to all the emotions and contingencies of mobilizing and fighting the war, and healing from its traumas. Sighted Americans’ wartime rehabilitation culture centered blind soldiers and veterans in a mix of inspirational stories. Veterans worked to become productive members of society even as ableism confined their unique life experiences to a collection of cultural tropes that suggested they were either downcast wrecks of their former selves or were morally superior and relatively flawless as they overcame their disabilities and triumphantly journeyed toward successful citizenship. Sullivan investigates the rich lives of blind soldiers and veterans and their families to reveal how they confronted barriers, gained an education, earned a living, and managed their self-image while continually exposed to the public’s scrutiny of their success and failures.
As Americans--both civilians and veterans--worked to determine the meanings of identity for blind veterans of World War I, they bound cultural constructs of blindness to all the emotions and contingencies of mobilizing and fighting the war, and healing from its traumas. Sighted Americans’ wartime rehabilitation culture centered blind soldiers and veterans in a mix of inspirational stories. Veterans worked to become productive members of society even as ableism confined their unique life experiences to a collection of cultural tropes that suggested they were either downcast wrecks of their former selves or were morally superior and relatively flawless as they overcame their disabilities and triumphantly journeyed toward successful citizenship. Sullivan investigates the rich lives of blind soldiers and veterans and their families to reveal how they confronted barriers, gained an education, earned a living, and managed their self-image while continually exposed to the public’s scrutiny of their success and failures.
Evan P. Sullivan is an assistant professor of history at SUNY Adirondack.
Acknowledgments
Introduction Beginning with Carl Bronner
Blindness Comes Home: How American Charities Made Blind French Soldiers a Public Issue
“I’ll Get Along”: Reporters Reimagine Blind American Soldiers
Gender, Race, and Belonging at Evergreen and Beyond
The Disability Politics of Blind Veteran Organizations in the United States
Epilogue Frank Schoble and the Persistence of Public Sympathy for Blind Veterans
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.10.2024 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Disability Histories |
| Zusatzinfo | 15 black & white photographs |
| Verlagsort | Baltimore |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 286 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-252-08824-7 / 0252088247 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-252-08824-7 / 9780252088247 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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