MarkoticÌ, Nicole,

Disability in film and literature / Nicole MarkoticÌ. - x, 210 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Disabled characters are often represented as aberrant or evil and are isolated or incarcerated. This book examines language in film and fiction that perpetuates the representation of the disabled as abnormal or problematic. The author looks at depictions of disability--both disparaging and amusing--and discusses disability theory as a framework for reconsidering "normal" and "abnormal" bodies"--

9780786496495 (softcover : alk. paper)

2016011942


People with disabilities in motion pictures.
People with disabilities in literature.
Human body in motion pictures.
Human body in literature.
Sociology of disability.

PN1995.9.H34 / M37 2016

791.43/6527