Name: Misfitting -Disability Broadly Considered: Sounding the Feeble Mind - Eugenic Depictions of Feeblemindedness on Screen and in the Music
Start: 2019-03-26T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-04-19T16:53:54-05:00
Location: Iowa City Public Library: Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Library EventMisfitting -Disability Broadly Considered: Sounding the Feeble Mind - Eugenic Depictions of Feeblemindedness on Screen and in the Music

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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

03/26/2019 12:00pm 03/26/2019 1:00pm Misfitting -Disability Broadly Considered: Sounding the Feeble Mind - Eugenic Depictions of Feeblemindedness on Screen and in the Music Andrew Tubbs, a graduate student in musicology at the University of Iowa, will discuss how some early 20th century music and movies reinforced the eugenics movement, which promoted the “purification” of the human race by eliminating certain genetic groups that were considered inferior. Presented in conjunction with the Humanities Symposium "Misfitting: Disability Broadly Considered" this event is cosponsored by the State Historical Society of Iowa, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and the Iowa City Public Library Iowa City Public Library Iowa City Public Library America/Chicago public

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Andrew Tubbs, a graduate student in musicology at the University of Iowa, will discuss how some early 20th century music and movies reinforced the eugenics movement, which promoted the “purification” of the human race by eliminating certain genetic groups that were considered inferior.

Presented in conjunction with the Humanities Symposium "Misfitting: Disability Broadly Considered" this event is cosponsored by the State Historical Society of Iowa, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and the Iowa City Public Library

If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library.

This event is open to the public.