Framed
Subtitle: Interrogating Disability in the Media
Contributors: British Film Institute. African & Caribbean Unit (Corporate Author); Arts Council of England (Corporate Author); Anne Pointon (Editor); Chris Davies (Editor)
Edition: Spiral edition
Publisher: British Film Inst
Published: February 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780851705996
Subjects: Disability: social aspects; Films, cinema; Media studies; Special Subjects In Motion Pictures; People with disabilities; Sociology Of The Mentally And Physically Challenged; Performing Arts; Cinema/Film: Book; People with disabilities in motion pictures; Film & Video - General; Employment; People with disabilities on television
First sentence: Although cinema has developed conventions of its own, much of its treatment of disability is rooted in a culture that has for centuries used the impaired body to signify sins past, sins present and the threat of future evil.