Picturing Disability - Beggar, Freak, Citizen and Other Photographic Rhetoric

Midget, feeble-minded, crippled, lame, and insane: these terms and the historical photographs that accompany them may seem shocking to present-day audiences. In Picturing Disability, Bogdan and his collaborators gather over 200 historical photographs showing how people with disabilities have been presented and exploring the contexts in which they were photographed.

Info autore

Bogdan resides in Orwell, VT. Previous Books: Real Photo Postcard Guide: the People’s Photography and Beauty and the Beast: Human-Animal Relations as Revealed in Real Photo Postcards, 1905-1935

Riassunto

Midget, feeble-minded, crippled, lame, and insane: these terms and the historical photographs that accompany them may seem shocking to present-day audiences. In Picturing Disability, Bogdan and his collaborators gather over 200 historical photographs showing how people with disabilities have been presented and exploring the contexts in which they were photographed.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Bogdan, Robert Elks Bogdan, Robert/ Elks Bogdan
• Editore: Syracuse University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2012
• EAN: 9780815633020
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3302-0
• Pagine: 198
• Serie: Critical Perspectives on Disab; Critical Perspectives on Disab; Critical Perspectives on Disability
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV