Disability Studies Meets Microhistory - The Secret Life of Bibi in Berlin

This volume explores the life of Bjargey "Bíbí" Kristjánsdóttir (1927-1999), an Icelandic woman with intellectual disabilities, through analysis of her autobiography and personal archive on the basis of the research disciplines of critical disability studies and microhistory.

List of contents

1. Introduction: How to Combine Critical Disability Studies and Microhistory
2. The Life of Bíbí in Berlín as a Text: Historical Sources
3. The First Thirty Years at Berlín
4. Bíbí in Blönduós: Life as an Adult
5. An Independent Person
6. Inclusive Research: Contemporary Testimonies of Four Persons with Intellectual Disability
7. Aftermath: The Story of Triumph and Defeats

About the author

Guðrún Valgerður Stefánsdóttir is a Professor in Disability Studies at the School of Education, University of Iceland. She has written numerous Icelandic and international scholarly articles, chapters, and books concerning the life, circumstances, and history of people with intellectual disabilities.
Sólveig Ólafsdóttir is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Iceland Institute of History. She received her doctoral dissertation at the University of Iceland in 2022. She is the former Director of the Reykjavik Academy.
Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon is a Professor of Cultural History and Chair of the Center for Microhistorical Research at the University of Iceland. He has written 29 published books. He is also co-editor, with István M. Szijártó, of the Microhistories international book series.

Summary

This volume explores the life of Bjargey “Bíbí” Kristjánsdóttir (1927–1999), an Icelandic woman with intellectual disabilities, through analysis of her autobiography and personal archive on the basis of the research disciplines of critical disability studies and microhistory.

Product details

• Authors: Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon, Sólveig Ólafsdóttir, Gurun Valgerur (University of Icela Stefansdottir, Guðrún Valgerður Stefánsdóttir
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032427263
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242726-3
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Routledge Approaches to History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, Social and cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups, Disability: social aspects