The Creatures Time Forgot - Photography and Disability Imagery

First published in 1992, The Creatures Time Forgot examines the representation of disabled people - in advertising, particularly that produced by disability charities, and in the work of photographers such as Diane Arbus and Gary Winogrand.

List of contents

New Preface List of Plates Foreword Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Social life or medical death? 3. The creatures time forgot: Into the grotto of charity advertising 4. The creatures time forgot: Out of the grotto 5. The enfreakment of photography 6. From angst to anger: the mechanics of idealism 7. Revolt of the species! A theory of subject 8. Towards a disability imagery currency: Cancer and the marks of struggle 9. Towards a disability imagery currency: Little Stephen - infantilism, projection and naturalism in the construction of mental disablement Notes Plates Index

Product details

• Authors: Hevey David
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032490342
• ISBN: 978-1-032-49034-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Photography & photographs, History, Media Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, The arts: general issues, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, Disability: social aspects, Photography and photographs, The arts: general topics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disability