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100 1 $aNorden, Martin F.,$d1951-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83121896
245 14 $aThe cinema of isolation :$ba history of physical disability in the movies /$cMartin F. Norden.
260 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. :$bRutgers University Press,$c[1994], ©1994.
300 $axiii, 384 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [325]-361) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Politics, Movies, and Physical Disability -- 1. Emergence of an Impoverished Image -- 2. The Misbegotten Multi-Reelers -- 3. Man of a Thousand Disabilities and His Brethren -- 4. Golden-Age Freakshows -- 5. The Road to Rehabilitation -- 6. The Path to Apathy -- 7. Moving toward the Mainstream -- 8. High-Tech Heroics and Other Concerns -- Conclusion: Reel Life after the Americans with Disabilities Act.
520 $aFilmmakers have often encouraged us to regard people with physical disabilities in terms of pity, awe, humor, or fear - as "Others" who somehow deserve to be isolated from the rest of society.
520 8 $aIn 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 quo - keeping people with disabilities dependent and "in their place.".
520 8 $aNorden offers a dazzling array of physically disabled characters who embody or break out of the stereotypes that have both influenced and been symptomatic of society's fluctuating relationship with its physically disabled minority. He shows us "sweet innocents" like Tiny Tim, "obsessive avengers" like Quasimodo, variations on the disabled veteran, and many others.
520 8 $aHe 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. Norden's in-depth knowledge of disability history makes for a particularly intelligent and sensitive approach to this long overlooked issue in media studies.
650 0 $aPeople with disabilities in motion pictures.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88003792
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