Disability in Antiquity

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<P>This volume is a major contribution to the field of disability history in the ancient world. Contributions from leading international scholars examine deformity and disability from a variety of historical, sociological and theoretical perspectives, as represented in various media. The volume is not confined to a narrow view of ''antiquity'' but includes a large number of pieces on ancient western Asia that provide a broad and comparative view of the topic and enable scholars to see this important topic in the round.</P><I><P>Disability in Antiquity </I>is the first multidisciplinary volume to truly map out and explore the topic of disability in the ancient world and create new avenues of thought and research.</P>