Bioarchaeology of Impairment and Disability : Theoretical, Ethnohistorical, and Methodological Perspectives.
| 1. Verfasser: |
Byrnes, Jennifer L.
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Muller, Jennifer Lynn.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cham :
Springer,
2017.
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| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (294 pages). |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Bioarchaeology and social theory
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| Schlagworte: | |
| Parallelausgabe: |
Bioarchaeology of Impairment and Disability : Theoretical, Ethnohistorical, and Methodological Perspectives (Print version:) |
| Online Zugang: |
Available online |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Contents
- Editors and Contributors
- 1 Mind the Gap: Bridging Disability Studies and Bioarchaeology-An Introduction
- A Brief Introduction to Disability Studies and Theory
- Bioarchaeology and Disability
- Organization of the Volume
- Part I: Theoretical Perspectives on Impairment and Disability
- Part II: Ethnohistorical Interpretations: Ability, Disability, and Alternate Ability
- Part III: Quantitative Methods in Impairment and Disability: Bioarchaeological Approaches
- Part IV: Case Studies of Impairment and Disability in the Past
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Theoretical Perspectives on Impairment and Disability
- 2 Accommodating Critical Disability Studies in Bioarchaeology
- Introduction
- Bioarchaeology: Toward Engaging with Disability Studies
- Models of Disability and Bioarchaeology
- Critical Disability Studies and Bioarchaeology
- The Construction of Impairment
- The Employment of Foucauldian Approaches to Disability
- The Bioarchaeology of Care and Critical Disability Studies
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 3 Consideration of Disability from the Perspective of the Medical Model
- Disability Features
- Individual Differences
- Social Environment
- Narratives from a Physical Therapist
- Summary
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 4 Historiography of Disablement and the South Asian Context: The Case of Shah Daula's Chuhas
- Introduction
- Disability History of the South Asian Context
- Shah Daula's Chuhas as Objects of Disability History
- Of Rational Explanations and Irrational Practices
- 'Cross-Cultural Misidentification'
- Chuhas as Manifestations of Culturally Specific Psychiatric Conditions
- Disability on a Different Model?
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Ethnohistorical Interpretations: Ability, Disability, and Alternate Ability.
- 5 Differently Abled: Africanisms, Disability, and Power in the Age of Transatlantic Slavery
- Introduction
- Literature Review
- Africanizing "Impairment" and "Disability"
- Social Power and Differently Abled Bodyminds in Precolonial West Africa
- New World Echoes of Differently Abled Bodyminds
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 6 Kojo's Dis/Ability: The Interpretation of Spinal Pathology in the Context of an Eighteenth-Century Jamaican Maroon Community
- Introduction
- Theory
- Historical Context
- Somewhat a Majestic Look: The Sketch of a Man
- Historical Sources
- Primary Written History
- Secondary and Derivative Written History
- Maroon Oral Traditions
- Body Differences in Africa and the Diaspora
- Discussion and Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 7 Rendered Unfit: "Defective" Children in the Erie County Poorhouse
- Introduction
- The Establishment of New York State County Poorhouses
- Child-Saving, Hereditary Pauperism, and the Children's Law of 1875
- Removal of Children from the Poorhouse
- "Unfit" Children
- Savior Children and "Defective" Children
- Informing Bioarchaeological Interpretations of Poorhouse Children
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Quantitative Methods in Impairment and Disability: Bioarchaeological Approaches
- 8 The Bioarchaeology of Back Pain
- Introduction
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis
- Spondylosis (Vertebral Osteophytosis)
- Disc Herniations
- Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
- Inferring Pain, Impairment, and Disability in Bioarchaeology
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 9 Using Population Health Constructs to Explore Impairment and Disability in Knee Osteoarthritis
- Introduction
- Knee Osteoarthritis
- Impairment in Knee OA
- Theoretical Framework for Disability
- Archaeological Application
- Ontario Iroquoian Ossuary Builders.
- Nineteenth-twentieth Century Inuit from Igloolik Region of Nunavut
- Population Comparison
- Other Considerations
- Clinical Sample
- Source of Determinants of Health Data
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 10 Quantifying Impairment and Disability in Bioarchaeological Assemblages
- Introduction
- GBD Metrics and Terminology: Disability Weights and Years Lived with Disability
- Applying the DW and YLD Approach in Bioarchaeology
- Challenges to Global Disability Weights
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix
- References
- 11 Injuries, Impairment, and Intersecting Identities: The Poor in Buffalo, NY 1851-1913
- Introduction
- Brief Background of Impairment and Disability
- The Erie County Poorhouse: Historical Context
- Historical and Bioarchaeological Methods
- Contextualized Results
- Finding the Intersection
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Case Studies of Impairment and Disability in the Past
- 12 Impairment, Disability, and Identity in the Middle Woodland Period: Life at the Juncture of Achondroplasia, Pregnancy, and Infection
- Introduction
- EZ 3-7-1: A Case Study
- Context
- Evaluation
- Differential Diagnosis
- Identifying as "Dwarf" and/or "Disabled"
- Prehistoric Dwarfism and Identity
- The Impairment and/or Disability of Dwarfism: The LPA, the WHO, and the ADA
- The Impairment, Disability, and Identity of EZ 3-7-1
- Her Identity from Contextual Evidence
- Limitations of Major Life Activities
- Disabled and/or Impaired?
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 13 Attempting to Distinguish Impairment from Disability in the Bioarchaeological Record: An Example from DeArmond Mound (40RE12) in East Tennessee
- Introduction
- An Archaeological Case Study from East Tennessee
- The DeArmond Site and Burial 50
- Mortuary Context of Burial 50.
- Discussion of Burial 50s Impairment and Disability
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 14 Anglo-Saxon Concepts of Dis/Ability: Placing Disease at Great Chesterford in Its Wider Context
- Impairment, Disease, or Disability?
- Dis/Ability: Deviance, Liminality, and Mediation Through the Body
- Great Chesterford
- Anglo-Saxon Burial Rites
- Liminality
- Visibility
- Etiology
- Gender and Age: The Links to Liminality
- Bioarchaeology and the Future?
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Index.
