The Radical Lives of Helen Keller / Kim E. Nielsen.
2004
HV1624.K4 N54 2004
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Title
The Radical Lives of Helen Keller / Kim E. Nielsen.
Author
Nielsen, Kim E., author.
ISBN
9780814759004
Published
New York, NY : New York University Press, [2004]
Copyright
©2004
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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HV1624.K4 N54 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.4/1/092
Summary
A political biography that reveals new sides to Helen KellerSeveral decades after her death in 1968, Helen Keller remains one of the most widely recognized women of the twentieth century. But the fascinating story of her vivid political life-particularly her interest in radicalism and anti-capitalist activism-has been largely overwhelmed by the sentimentalized story of her as a young deaf-blind girl. Keller had many lives indeed. Best known for her advocacy on behalf of the blind, she was also a member of the socialist party, an advocate of women's suffrage, a defender of the radical International Workers of the World, and a supporter of birth control-and she served as one of the nation's most effective but unofficial international ambassadors. In spite of all her political work, though, Keller rarely explored the political dimensions of disability, adopting beliefs that were often seen as conservative, patronizing, and occasionally repugnant. Under the wing of Alexander Graham Bell, a controversial figure in the deaf community who promoted lip-reading over sign language, Keller became a proponent of oralism, thereby alienating herself from others in the deaf community who believed that a rich deaf culture was possible through sign language. But only by distancing herself from the deaf community was she able to maintain a public image as a one-of-a-kind miracle.Using analytic tools and new sources, Kim E. Nielsen's political biography of Helen Keller has many lives, teasing out the motivations for and implications of her political and personal revolutions to reveal a more complex and intriguing woman than the Helen Keller we thought we knew.
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The History of Disability ; 1
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Introduction
1. I Do Not Like This World As It Is: 1900-1924
2. The Call of the Sightless: 1924-1937
3. Manna in My Desert Places: 1937-1948
4. I Will Not Allow Polly to Climb a Pyramid: 1948-1968
5. One of the Least Free People on Earth: The Making and Remaking of Helen Keller
Notes
Bibliography
Bibliography
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Introduction
1. I Do Not Like This World As It Is: 1900-1924
2. The Call of the Sightless: 1924-1937
3. Manna in My Desert Places: 1937-1948
4. I Will Not Allow Polly to Climb a Pyramid: 1948-1968
5. One of the Least Free People on Earth: The Making and Remaking of Helen Keller
Notes
Bibliography
Bibliography
About the Author