| The Politics of Disability in Interwar and Socialist Czechoslovakia: Segregating in the Name of the Nation Contributor(s): Shmidt, Victoria (Editor), Shmidt, Victoria (Contribution by), Henschel, Frank (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 9463720014 ISBN-13: 9789463720014 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press OUR PRICE: $136.62 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Eastern Europe - General - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | Social History |
| Series: Heritage and Memory Studies |
| Physical Information: 252 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By focusing on the politics of disability as a pillar of Czechoslovak identity, The Politics of Disability in Interwar and Socialist Czechoslovakia: Segregating in the Name of the Nation reflects upon the vicissitudes of nation building over the twentieth century that led to extreme forms of institutional violence against minorities, mainly the Roma, such as forced sterilization. The authors trace the intersectionality of ethnicity and disability, which proliferated across diverse realms of public life, positioning the continuities and ruptures of interrogating propaganda and racial science during the interwar and post-war periods as establishing and reinforcing the border between a healthy Czech majority and a disabled Roma minority. The book critically revises this border that remains observable but unapproachable until it operates as a part of constructing the authenticity of a nation. |
