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Disability in film and literature

Nicole Markotić (Author)
."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"--Publisher information

Print Book, English, 2016
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2016