Framed
Subtitle: Interrogating Disability in the Media
Contributors: Ann Pointon (Editor); Chris Davies (Editor)
Publisher: British Film Institute
Published: November 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780851706009
Subjects: Disability: social aspects; Films, cinema; Media studies; Performing Arts; People with disabilities; Film & Video - General; Television - History & Criticism; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; People with disabilities on television; Cinema/Film: Book; People with disabilities on te; People with disabilities in mo; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Handicapped; Performing Arts / General; Employment; People with disabilities in motion pictures
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.