Deaf and unwanted? : marriage characteristics of deaf people in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Belgium: a comparative and cross-regional approach
In this article, the marriage characteristics of deaf men and women born in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Belgium are compared to each other, as well as to a group of non-deaf siblings and a group of Swedish deaf persons. The aim is to determine the extent to which the marriage pattern of deaf persons lined up with that of non-disabled persons and to see how experiences of disablement interacted with the environment in which persons dwelt. This article challenges the belief in a universal disability experience by arguing that although deaf individuals generally encountered more difficulti... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | article in journal |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
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Umeå universitet
Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier |
Schlagwörter: | Deaf / Belgium / Sweden / Marriage / eighteenth century / nineteenth century / History / Historia |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28546510 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-125374 |
In this article, the marriage characteristics of deaf men and women born in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Belgium are compared to each other, as well as to a group of non-deaf siblings and a group of Swedish deaf persons. The aim is to determine the extent to which the marriage pattern of deaf persons lined up with that of non-disabled persons and to see how experiences of disablement interacted with the environment in which persons dwelt. This article challenges the belief in a universal disability experience by arguing that although deaf individuals generally encountered more difficulties in finding a marriage partner, marriage chances were significantly dependent on personal characteristics such as gender, living environment and birth date. As such, we demonstrate that the relationship between being deaf and being vulnerable on the marriage market was not an inescapable one, but the product of specific environments. ; Sourd et non désiré? caractéristiques au mariage des personnes sourdes en belgique aux xviiie et xixe siècles: une approche comparative et interrégionale Les éléments caractéristiques, à leur mariage, des femmes et des hommes sourds, nés en Belgique aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, sont comparés les uns aux autres, ainsi qu'avec un groupe de frères et sœurs non-sourds et avec un groupe de sourds et sourdes suédois. L'objectif de cet article est de déterminer dans quelle mesure le modèle de mariage des personnes sourdes s'alignait sur celui des personnes non handicapées et de voir comment l'expérience de leur invalidité a pu interagir sur l'environnement dans lequel elles habitaient. Nous remettons ici en question la croyance en quelque universalité dans l'expérience d'invalidité, faisant valoir que même si les personnes sourdes rencontraient généralement plus de difficultés que les valides à trouver un conjoint, leurs chances de trouver un partenaire dépendaient de façon significative de leurs caractéristiques personnelles telles que sexe, milieu de vie et date de naissance. En tant que tel, ...