Ellis, Katie, 1978-

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.


Electronic books.

HV1568 / .E445 2015

305.9/08