Measuring difference, numbering normal : setting the standards for disability in the interwar period

Measuring difference, numbering normal setting the standards for disability in the interwar period

Measuring difference, numbering normal provides a detailed study of the technological construction of disability by examining how the audiometer and spirometer were used to create numerical proxies for invisible and inarticulable experiences. Measurements, and their manipulation, have been underesti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: McGuire, Coreen, author (author), McGuire, Coreen Anne, contributor (contributor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press 2020.
Colección:Disability history.
Materias:
People with disabilities > History > 20th century.
Sociology of disability.
Social & Cultural History
MEDICAL > History
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436548306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Numbering normal
  • 2 Measuring disability
  • 3. The artificial ear and the disability data gap
  • 4. The audiometer and the medicalization of hearing loss
  • 5. The spirometer and the normal subjects
  • 6. The respirator and the mechanization of normal breathing
  • 7. Measuring ourselves
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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