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• catalog abstract "In the eyes of the ancient Greeks and Romans, physical imperfections and infirmities were comparable to marks of the barbarian. The distinguished historian Robert Garland offers the first detailed investigation of the plight of those Greeks and Romans who, owing either to deformity or to disability, did not meet their society's exacting criteria for the ideal human form. Drawing on classical drama and poetry, historical works, medical tracts, vase painting and sculpture, mythology, and ethnography, Garland examines the high incidence of disability and deformity among the Greek and Roman population. From the deaf, the blind, and the lame to hunchbacks, dwarfs, and giants, to those even more severely disabled, he explores the lives of the handicapped and their place in ancient society. Garland discusses medical treatments, jobs available to the disabled, religious and scientific explanations for congenital deformities, and the prevalence of belief in monstrous races. And he analyzes how, through public rituals, social institutions, literature, and art, ancient society as a whole utilized deformity for its own purposes. The handicapped served as living testimony to the power of divine retribution, and were also regarded as scapegoats, portents, embodiments of evil, objects of amusement, and proof of nature's ingenuity. Referring frequently to the condition of the disabled in contemporary society, The Eye of the Beholder contributes an important chapter in the history of the treatment of the disabled and offers a revealing introduction to a relatively neglected aspect of ancient life.".
• catalog contributor b7556816.
• catalog created "1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
• catalog description "1. Survival of the Weakest -- 2. Half-Lives -- 3. The Roman Emperor in his Monstrous World -- 4. The Deformed and the Divine -- 5. Deriding the Disabled -- 6. The Physiognomic Consciousness -- 7. Images of the Deformed -- 8. Medical Diagnosis and Treatment -- 9. Towards a Teratology -- 10. Racial Deformity.".
• catalog description "Garland discusses medical treatments, jobs available to the disabled, religious and scientific explanations for congenital deformities, and the prevalence of belief in monstrous races. And he analyzes how, through public rituals, social institutions, literature, and art, ancient society as a whole utilized deformity for its own purposes. The handicapped served as living testimony to the power of divine retribution, and were also regarded as scapegoats, portents, embodiments of evil, objects of amusement, and proof of nature's ingenuity. Referring frequently to the condition of the disabled in contemporary society, The Eye of the Beholder contributes an important chapter in the history of the treatment of the disabled and offers a revealing introduction to a relatively neglected aspect of ancient life.".
• catalog description "In the eyes of the ancient Greeks and Romans, physical imperfections and infirmities were comparable to marks of the barbarian. The distinguished historian Robert Garland offers the first detailed investigation of the plight of those Greeks and Romans who, owing either to deformity or to disability, did not meet their society's exacting criteria for the ideal human form. Drawing on classical drama and poetry, historical works, medical tracts, vase painting and sculpture, mythology, and ethnography, Garland examines the high incidence of disability and deformity among the Greek and Roman population. From the deaf, the blind, and the lame to hunchbacks, dwarfs, and giants, to those even more severely disabled, he explores the lives of the handicapped and their place in ancient society.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-216) and indexes.".
• catalog extent "xviii, 222 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0801431441".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,".
• catalog spatial "Italy Rome.".
• catalog spatial "Rome.".
• catalog subject "1995 F-356".
• catalog subject "362.4/0938 20".
• catalog subject "Abnormalities, Human Social aspects Rome.".
• catalog subject "Attitude.".
• catalog subject "Congenital Abnormalities History.".
• catalog subject "Disabled Persons History.".
• catalog subject "Greek World.".
• catalog subject "HV 1552 G233e 1995".
• catalog subject "HV1552 .G37 1995".
• catalog subject "People with disabilities Italy Rome.".
• catalog subject "People with disabilities Rome.".
• catalog subject "Roman World.".
• catalog subject "Social Perception.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Survival of the Weakest -- 2. Half-Lives -- 3. The Roman Emperor in his Monstrous World -- 4. The Deformed and the Divine -- 5. Deriding the Disabled -- 6. The Physiognomic Consciousness -- 7. Images of the Deformed -- 8. Medical Diagnosis and Treatment -- 9. Towards a Teratology -- 10. Racial Deformity.".
• catalog title "The eye of the beholder : deformity and disability in the Graeco-Roman world / Robert Garland.".
• catalog type "text".