Intellectual disability and the myth of the changeling myth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4003793 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C F Goodey (0000-0003-2279-9071, Hong Kong Metropolitan University), Tim Stainton (0000-0002-5146-2497, Swansea University) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 223-240 |
| Publication date | 2001-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jhbs.1032 |
| PMID | 11466710 |
| OpenAlex | W2119303436 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 18 |
This article investigates the historical sources for the idea of the "changeling" or substitute child as an explanation for congenital intellectual disability. Pre-modern sources for this idea are elite and theological as much as popular and folkloric, nor do they refer to intellectual disability in any sense recognizable to us. Rather, both the concept of intellectual disability and the notion of a transhistorical changeling myth emerge from the historical core of modern psychology. (c) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Art · Elite · Folklore · Intellectual disability · Literature · Mythology · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Anthropology · Early Modern Women Writers · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.56 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2026 (26) |
| Highly cited | No |