TY  - BOOK
AU  - MarkoticÌ,Nicole
TI  - Disability in film and literature
SN  - 9780786496495 (softcover : alk. paper)
AV  - PN1995.9.H34 M37 2016
U1  - 791.43/6527 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
KW  - People with disabilities in motion pictures
KW  - People with disabilities in literature
KW  - Human body in motion pictures
KW  - Human body in literature
KW  - Sociology of disability
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "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"--
ER  -