02328cam a2200325 4500 2720154232 TxAuBib 20260401120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780814708873 0814708870 cad23d4d-fe52-448b-9502-50c85bc3c3fb OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1190711 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Schweik, Susan M. The Ugly Laws [Libby eBook] : Disability in Public. NYU Press, 2009. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. americas. chapter. History. hard. ugly. look. HTML:<p><b>The murky history behind municipal laws criminalizing disability</b><br /> In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, municipal laws targeting "unsightly beggars" sprang up in cities across America. Seeming to criminalize disability and thus offering a visceral example of discrimination, these "ugly laws" have become a sort of shorthand for oppression in disability studies, law, and the arts.<br /> In this watershed study of the ugly laws, Susan M. Schweik uncovers the murky history behind the laws, situating the varied legislation in its historical context and exploring in detail what the laws meant. Illustrating how the laws join the history of the disabled and the poor, Schweik not only gives the reader a deeper understanding of the ugly laws and the cities where they were generated, she locates the laws at a crucial intersection of evolving and unstable concepts of race, nation, sex, class, and gender. Moreover, she explores the history of resistance to the ordinances, using the often harrowing life stories of those most affected by their passage. Moving to the laws' more recent history, Schweik analyzes the shifting cultural memory of the ugly laws, examining how they have been used—and misused—by academics, activists, artists, lawyers, and legislators.</p>. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-03-31 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cad23d4d-fe52-448b-9502-50c85bc3c3fb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)