
Reviews
Seizures are private events that are, often, publicly visible. This nuanced and profound study is attentive to the experiences of those who have them, while also showing their relevance to larger debates about medicine, disability, and freedom. It is written in a style that is accessible, insightful, and often exciting.
Deeply researched and compellingly argued, Rachel Elder's illumination of the discourses of invisibility and normalcy, control and secrecy, provides an insightful and valuable contribution to the literature on disability and medical history, uncovering how changes in medicine, technology, surgery, education, and citizenship shaped the meaning and experience of epilepsy in mid-century America.
Book Details
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations of Archives
Introduction: Seizure Prone
Part I. Visibility
Chapter 1. "Invisible Handicap": From Family Skeletons to Closets of Near Normalcy 00
Chapter 2. Technology
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations of Archives
Introduction: Seizure Prone
Part I. Visibility
Chapter 1. "Invisible Handicap": From Family Skeletons to Closets of Near Normalcy 00
Chapter 2. Technology and Transparency: EEG Retraces the Secret Disease
Part II. Managing Risk and Safety
Chapter 3. Safe Citizens at Detroit's School for Children with Epilepsy
Chapter 4. Mobility and Motor Control: Epilepsy in the Age of the Automobile
Part III: Seizures and Control
Chapter 5. The Operable Brain: Seizures, Surgery, and Patient Subjectivity
Epilogue: Control Paradigms and the Invisible Ideal
Notes
Index