Disability and popular culture : focusing passion, creating community and expressing defiance /
by Katie Ellis.
- 1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations.
- The cultural politics of media and popular culture .
- Cultural politics of media and popular culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781472411792
People with disabilities in mass media. Popular culture.