Disability studies and Spanish culture films, novels, the comic and the public exhibition
Applying the tenets of disability studies to the Spanish context, this work is an important corrective to existing cultural studies of disability in Spain that tend largely to ignore intellectual disabilities. Taking on the representation of Down syndrome, autism, alexia/agnosia as well as childhood...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Liverpool
Liverpool University Press
2014, 2014
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| Series: | Representations / Representations
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Applying the tenets of disability studies to the Spanish context, this work is an important corrective to existing cultural studies of disability in Spain that tend largely to ignore intellectual disabilities. Taking on the representation of Down syndrome, autism, alexia/agnosia as well as childhood disability, the chapters combine close readings of a number of Spanish cultural products (films, novels, the comic/graphic novel and the public exhibition) with a broader socio-cultural take on the state of disability in Spain |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781846317965 |