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Picturing disability : beggar, freak, citizen, and other photographic rhetoric / Robert Bogdan, with Martin Elks and James A. Knoll.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical perspectives on disabilityPublication details: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, ©2012.Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xv, 198 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780815651925
  • 0815651929
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Picturing disability.DDC classification:
  • 305.9/08 23
LOC classification:
  • HV1568 .B64 2012eb
NLM classification:
  • HV 1568
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : Picturing disability -- Freak portraits : sideshow souvenirs -- Begging cards : solicitation with photographs -- Charity : the poster child and others -- Asylums : postcards, public relations, and muckraking -- Clinical photographs : "feeblemindedness" in eugenics texts / Martin Elks -- Advertising photographs : people with disabilities selling products -- Movie stills : monsters, revenge, and pity -- Art for art's sake : people with disabilities in art photography / James A. Knoll -- Citizen portraits: photos as personal keepsakes -- Conclusion : Just a beginning.
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Introduction : Picturing disability -- Freak portraits : sideshow souvenirs -- Begging cards : solicitation with photographs -- Charity : the poster child and others -- Asylums : postcards, public relations, and muckraking -- Clinical photographs : "feeblemindedness" in eugenics texts / Martin Elks -- Advertising photographs : people with disabilities selling products -- Movie stills : monsters, revenge, and pity -- Art for art's sake : people with disabilities in art photography / James A. Knoll -- Citizen portraits: photos as personal keepsakes -- Conclusion : Just a beginning.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index.

English.

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