{"product_id":"what-kind-of-island-in-what-kind-of-sea-9781643150277","title":"What Kind of Island in What Kind of Sea?","description":"The dignity of cognitively disabled people and the ethics of representing their lives are at the heart of an extraordinary yet little-known book first published in the former German Democratic Republic. \u003ci\u003eWas f?r eine Insel in was f?r einem Meer\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eWhat Kind of Island in What Kind of Sea \u003c\/i\u003e(Rostock, Hinstorff, 1986) depicts residents of a church-run institution for people with cognitive disabilities in astonishing black-and-white photographs by Dietmar Riemann and in a probing, poignant essay by esteemed German writer Franz F?hmann. This important text, which moved from a medical model to a historical and cultural view of disability as an aspect of human identity and experience, is translated into English for the first time by Elizabeth Hamilton and includes reflections on the book and its impact. As fuller, global histories of disability are now being written, \u003ci\u003eWhat Kind of Island in What Kind of Sea\u003c\/i\u003e opens an essential window onto a formerly shuttered world, demonstrating the power of the arts to hone our capacity to perceive and appreciate human difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth C. Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Oberlin College and Associate Professor of German. Her scholarly and teaching interests center on disability as a lived experience and on cultural representations of disability, Universal Design in pedagogy, accessibility in higher education, and on East German literature and film. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranz F?hmann\u003c\/b\u003e (1922-1984) was an East German writer who published poetry, translations, essays, stories, and books for children and adults. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDietmar Riemann\u003c\/b\u003e (1950-) is a German photographer and author.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lever Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50864436642066,"sku":"9781643150277","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_31499760-b43f-4d0d-9590-282c3784eb0d.jpg?v=1737655573","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-kind-of-island-in-what-kind-of-sea-9781643150277","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}