Documentary and Disability

This edited collection of contributions from media scholars, film practitioners and film historians connects the vibrant fields of documentary and disability studies. Documentary film has not only played an historical role in the social construction of disability but continues to be a strong force for expression, inclusion and activism. Offering essays on the interpretation and conception of a wide variety of documentary formats, Documentary and Disability reveals a rich set of resources on subjects as diverse as Thomas Quasthoff's opera performances, Tourette syndrome in the developing world, queer approaches to sexual functionality, Channel 4 disability sports broadcasting, the political meaning of cochlear implant activation, and Christoph's Schlingensief's celebrated Freakstars 3000.

Info autore

Catalin Brylla is Senior Lecturer in Film at the University of West London, UK.


Helen Hughes is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Surrey, UK.

Riassunto

This edited collection of contributions from media scholars, film practitioners and film historians connects the vibrant fields of documentary and disability studies. Documentary film has not only played an historical role in the social construction of disability but continues to be a strong force for expression, inclusion and activism. Offering essays on the interpretation and conception of a wide variety of documentary formats,
Documentary and Disability
reveals a rich set of resources on subjects as diverse as Thomas Quasthoff’s opera performances, Tourette syndrome in the developing world, queer approaches to sexual functionality, Channel 4 disability sports broadcasting, the political meaning of cochlear implant activation, and Christoph’s Schlingensief’s celebrated
Freakstars 3000
. 

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Helen Hughes (Editore), Catalin Brylla (Editore), Catali Brylla (Editore), Hughes (Editore), Hughes (Editore)
• Editore: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.01.2017
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali
• EAN: 9781137598936
• ISBN: 978-1-137-59893-6
• Numero di pagine: 299
• Illustrazioni: XV, 299 p. 20 illus. in color.
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.2 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 540 g
• Categorie: Soziologie, Verstehen, B, Medienwissenschaften, Media Studies, Sociology, Krankheit und Sucht: soziale Aspekte, Communication, Thomas Quasthoff, Anthropology, Documentary, biotechnology, Documentary films, Disability Studies, Activism, Media and Communication, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Sociology of the Body, Human body—Social aspects, Documentary Studies, People with disabilities, Health, Medicine and Society, Social Construction, Christoph’s Schlingensief, Freakstars