The Problem Body : Projecting Disability in Film /

"To call into question why certain bodies invite the label "problem" more frequently than other bodies, the contributors draw on scholarship from feminist, race, queer, cultural, disability, and film studies arenas. In Chivers and Markotic's introduction, they draw on disability...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Markotić, Nicole (Editor ), Chivers, Sally, 1972- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2010]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bibel > Philemonbrief
Film.
Körperbehinderung > Motiv
Sociology of disability.
People with disabilities in motion pictures.
Human body in motion pictures.
People with disabilities.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Cinema.
Personnes handicapees.
Handicap > Aspect sociologique.
Corps humain au cinema.
Personnes handicapees au cinema.
Sociological Factors
Body Image
Human Body
Motion Pictures
Disabled Persons
Critiques cinematographiques.
Film criticism.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"To call into question why certain bodies invite the label "problem" more frequently than other bodies, the contributors draw on scholarship from feminist, race, queer, cultural, disability, and film studies arenas. In Chivers and Markotic's introduction, they draw on disability theory and a range of cinematic examples to explain the term "problem body" in relation to its "projection." In explorations of film noir, illness narratives, classical Hollywood film, Korean film, and European film, the essays reveal the "problem body" as a multiplication of lived circumstances constructed both physically and socially"--Book jacket.
"In The Problem Body, editors Sally Chivers and Nicole Markotic bring together the work of eleven of the best disability scholars from the U.S., the U.K., and Canada to explore a new approach to the study of film by concentrating on cinematic representations of what they term "the problem body." The book is a much-needed exploration of the portrayal of disability on film combined with a much-needed rethinking of hierarchies of difference. The editors turned to the existing corpus of disability theory with its impressive insights about the social and cultural mediation of disabled bodies. They then sought, from scholars at every stage of their careers, new ideas about how disabled bodies coexist with a range of other bodies (gendered, queered, racialized, classed, etc.)."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (239 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780814270851
Acceso:Open Access

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