Eradicating Deafness? - Genetics, Pathology, and Diversity in Twentieth-Century America

How did American geneticists go from fearing the dysgenic effects of deaf intermarriage to considering modern biotechnology a threat for Deaf culture? This book provides insight into changing ideas of what deafness is, what science and medicine should achieve, and to the transformative effect of exchange between scientists and deaf communities.

About the author

Marion Andrea Schmidt is a Research Associate at the Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at the University Medical Center Göttingen

Product details

• Authors: Marion Andrea Schmidt
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.2024
• EAN: 9781526182395
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-8239-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Disability History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Medicine, Disability: social aspects, North America (USA and Canada), History and Archaeology