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Cultures of Representation: Disability in World Cinema Contexts
Benjamin (Ed Fraser
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Description for Cultures of Representation: Disability in World Cinema Contexts
Hardback. Editor(s): Fraser, Benjamin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
Cultures of Representation is the first book to explore the cinematic portrayal of disability in films from across the globe. Contributors explore classic and recent works from Belgium, France, Germany, India, Italy, Iran, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Senegal, and Spain, along with a pair of globally resonant Anglophone films. Anchored by David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder's coauthored essay on global disability-film festivals, the volume's content spans from 1950 to today, addressing socially disabling forces rendered visible in the representation of physical, developmental, cognitive, and psychiatric disabilities. Essays emphasize well-known global figures, directors, and industries - from Temple ... Read more
Cultures of Representation is the first book to explore the cinematic portrayal of disability in films from across the globe. Contributors explore classic and recent works from Belgium, France, Germany, India, Italy, Iran, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Senegal, and Spain, along with a pair of globally resonant Anglophone films. Anchored by David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder's coauthored essay on global disability-film festivals, the volume's content spans from 1950 to today, addressing socially disabling forces rendered visible in the representation of physical, developmental, cognitive, and psychiatric disabilities. Essays emphasize well-known global figures, directors, and industries - from Temple ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231177481
SKU
V9780231177481
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About Benjamin (Ed Fraser
Benjamin Fraser is professor of Hispanic studies at East Carolina University. Among his book publications are Disability Studies and Spanish Culture: Films, Novels, the Comic, and the Public Exhibition and Deaf History and Culture in Spain: A Reader of Primary Documents. He is the executive editor of the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies, a senior editor at the Arizona Journal ... Read more
Reviews for Cultures of Representation: Disability in World Cinema Contexts
"Outstanding essays... Highly recommended. CHOICE