RT Book
T1 Illness and Authority: Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi
A1 Trembinski, Donna
LA English
PP Toronto
PB University of Toronto Press
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1738849384
AB Illness and Authority is the first monograph-length study to examine a well-known medieval saint from the perspective of disability studies.
AB Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Francis Overdiagnosed and Undiagnosed -- 2 Recentring Illness and Infirmity in Francis' Lived Experience -- 3 Et licet infirmus fuisset semper: Testimonies of Illness in the Early Lives of Francis -- 4 Disability and Tensions in Francis' Lived Experience -- 5 The Hagiographers' Search for Meaning -- 6 On Disability, Power, and Gender: A Speculative Conclusion -- Postscript: On the Importance of Disability as a Category of Analysis -- Appendix. Recentring Illness: A Revised Chronology of Francis' Life -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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SN 9781487536190
K1 Electronic books