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• Title : The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies
• Author : Martin F. Norden
• Rating : 4.81 (410 Vote)
• Publish : 2015-9-20
• Format : Hardcover
• Pages : 404 Pages
• Asin : 0813521033
• Language : English

He criticizes several conceptual ap-proaches, including the tendency to present narratives from an able-bodied person's perspective, as in The Elephant Man (1980), which is drawn from the attending doctor's memoirs. Highly recommended for academic libraries and all larger film and dis

He criticizes several conceptual ap-proaches, including the tendency to present narratives from an able-bodied person's perspective, as in The Elephant Man (1980), which is drawn from the attending doctor's memoirs. Highly recommended for academic libraries and all larger film and disability collections.Richard W. of Massachusetts) analyzes the film industry's depiction of physically disabled characters from the era of silent films to the present. . Sensitive to the latest consensus about correct language regarding disabilities, and infused with an advocacy that some may find excessive, this heartfelt treatise provides an invaluable assessment and supersedes the pioneering Disability Drama in Television and Film (McFarland, 1988). of Nevada Lib., RenoCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. For instance, deaf people found the signing in Children of a Lesser God (1986) difficult to follow because of bad lighting and camera angles. From Library Journal Norden (communication, Univ. Grefrath, Univ. Especially illuminating are discussions of how films portraying a disability are perceived by people with that disability

He observes the arrival of a new set of stereotypes tied to the growth of science and technology in the 1970s and 1980s, and underscores movies like My Left Foot and The Waterdance that display a newfound sensitivity. In this first history of the portrayal of physical disability in the movies, Martin Norden examines hundreds of Hollywood movies (and notable international ones), finds their place within mainstream society, and uncovers the movie industry's practices for maintaining the status quokeeping people with disabilities dependent and "in their place."

Norden offers a dazzling array of physically disabled characters who embody or break out of the stereotypes that have both influenced and been symptomatic of societys fluctuating relationship with its physically disabled minority. Filmmakers have often encouraged us to regard people with physical disabilities in terms of pity, awe, humor, or fearas "Others" who somehow deserve to be isolated from the rest of society. Nordens in-depth knowledge of disability history makes for a particularly intelligent and sensitive approach to this long-overlooked issue in media studies.. He shows us "sweet innocents" like Tiny Tim, "obsessive avengers" like Quasimodo, variations on the disabled veteran, a

NORDEN is Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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