The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies by Martin F. Norden

The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies

Martin F. Norden

406 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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. In this first history of the portrayal of physical disabi...

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