Picturing Disability : Beggar, Freak, Citizen and Other Photographic Rhetoric /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bogdan, Robert
Other Authors: Knoll, James A., Elks, Martin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sociology of disability.
People with disabilities.
Social ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
human ecology.
Écologie sociale.
Handicap > Aspect sociologique.
Personnes handicapees > Histoire.
Personnes handicapees > Portraits.
Social Environment
Disabled Persons > history
People with disabilities > History.
People with disabilities > Portraits.
Portraits.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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