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Author Ellis, Katie, 1978- author.

Title Disability and popular culture : focusing passion, creating community and expressing defiance / by Katie Ellis.

Publication Info. Burlington : Ashgate Publishing, [2015]
2015

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Description 1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations.
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series The cultural politics of media and popular culture
Cultural politics of media and popular culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: producerly disability -- Our moment in time : the transitory and concrete value of disability toys -- Contemporary beauty-ism -- Spaces of cultural mediation : the science fiction cinema of the third stage of disability -- Among the leading characters on television -- Enfreaking popular music : making us think by making us feel -- Controlling the body : sport, disability and the construction of ability -- Disability and spreadable media : access, representation and inspiration porn -- Conclusion : focusing passion, creating community, expressing defiance -- References -- Filmography.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject People with disabilities in mass media.
Popular culture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ellis, Katie. Disability and popular culture : focusing passion, creating community and expressing defiance. Burlington : Ashgate Publishing, [2015] The cultural politics of media and popular culture 9781472411785 (DLC) 201403061
ISBN 9781472411785 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781472411792 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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