Picturing Disability : Beggar, Freak, Citizen and Other Photographic Rhetoric /
For this book, the authors studied thousands of historical photographs of people with disabilities. Their work shows how people with disabilities have been presented - but in a much wider range than seen previously.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Syracuse, N.Y. :
Syracuse University Press,
2012
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Edición: | First edition. |
Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : Picturing disability
- Freak portraits : sideshow souvenirs
- Begging cards : solicitation with photographs
- Charity : the poster child and others
- Asylums : postcards, public relations, and muckraking
- Clinical photographs : "feeblemindedness" in eugenics texts / Martin Elks
- Advertising photographs : people with disabilities selling products
- Movie stills : monsters, revenge, and pity
- Art for art's sake : people with disabilities in art photography / James A. Knoll
- Citizen portraits : photos as personal keepsakes
- Conclusion : Just a beginning.