Shannon Draucker, <i>Sounding Bodies: Acoustical Science and Musical Erotics in Victorian Literature</i>

condition to both diagnose 'insane' women and legitimise the need for custodial treatment.As a much-needed addition to the evolving field of Critical Disability Studies scholarship, A Cultural History of Disability in the Long Nineteenth Century greatly contributes to our understanding of bodily, sensory, and intellectual difference at the intersection of diverse cultural paradigms.Offering a comprehensive account of lived, fictional, and often medicalised disability, this volume, with its wideranging perspective, is a vital resource for established scholars and early-career researchers, along with students newly engaging with the field.