Hi- I am an (ignorant) newcomer to the field.
I'm interested in portrayals in literature &c of academics with disabilities,
and their relationship to stereotypes. In Robertson Davies' (yes, the
spelling does indicate Welsh provenance) The Manticore we encounter (page 463 of
the Penguin Deptford Trilogy (1983)} Pargetter of Balliol:
"He was a great law don, a blind man who nevertheless managed to be a famous
chess player and such a teacher as I had never known."
(The model is Sir Theodore Tylor). He falls squarely within the 'unseeing seer'
stereotype.
Does anyone know any further such examples, either in this group or:
(i) the Richard III/Quasimodo/Captain Ahab/One-armed man (in The
Fugitive)/Captain Hook group (fearsome, formidable, driven fighters whose
'disabilities' are irrelevant to their mobility but give a reason not
to like them).
(ii) the Rigoletto group (so bitter and twisted about his/her 'disability' that
they 'deserve' to suffer the unpleasantness which befalls them).
Is there a Stephen Hawking literature? And what are the basic texts on
discrimination in consequence of adverse stereopying in the workplace?
Peter Alldridge
Peter Alldridge
Cardiff Law School
PO Box 427
Cardiff
CF10 3XJ
+44 2920 874339
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