This is a groundbreaking exploration of disability in Germany - from the Weimar Republic to the fall of the Berlin Wall. ""Disability in Twentieth-Century German Culture"" examines Germany's most tragic and tumultuous century to reveal how central the notion of disability is to modern German cultural history. By examining a wide range of literary and visual depictions of disability, Carol Poore explores the contradictions of a nation renowned for its social services programs yet notorious for its history of compulsory sterilization and eugenic dogma. The book concludes with a brief memoir of the author's experiences in Germany as a person with a disability.

About the Author
Carol Poore is Professor of German Studies at Brown University.


Book Information
ISBN 9780472033812
Author Carol Poore
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
Weight(grams) 705g