Introduction: Disability and Sentimentality

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Illustrations IX
4. Introduction: Disability and Sentimentality 1
5. 1. The Semiotics of Disability 10
6. 2. Institutional Meanings for Blind Bodies 28
7. 3. Sentimental Posters 56
8. 4. The Angel in the Text 79
9. 5. Institutional Sentimentalism 101
10. 6. Laura Bridgman 118
11. 7. Can the Blind Girl Speak? 146
12. 8. Helen Keller 176
13. 9. Redefining Disability and Sentimentality: The Miracle Worker 197
14. Notes 213
15. Bibliography 233
16. Index 243
17. Acknowledgments 249