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Disability Studies and Spanish Culture
Benjamin Fraser
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Description for Disability Studies and Spanish Culture
Hardcover. Disability Studies and Spanish Culture is the first book to explore representations of intellectual disabilities (Down syndrome, autism, alexia/agnosia) in contemporary Spanish films, novels, a graphic novel/comic and public expositions by disabled artists. Series: Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFC; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.
Disability Studies and Spanish Culture is the first book to apply the tenets of Disability Studies to the Spanish context. In particular, this work is an important corrective to existing cultural studies of disability in Spain that tend to largely ignore intellectual disabilities. Taking on the representation of Down syndrome, autism, alexia/agnosia as well as childhood disability, its chapters combine close readings of a number of Spanish cultural products (films, novels, the comic/graphic novel and the public exhibition) with a ... Read more
An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.
Disability Studies and Spanish Culture is the first book to apply the tenets of Disability Studies to the Spanish context. In particular, this work is an important corrective to existing cultural studies of disability in Spain that tend to largely ignore intellectual disabilities. Taking on the representation of Down syndrome, autism, alexia/agnosia as well as childhood disability, its chapters combine close readings of a number of Spanish cultural products (films, novels, the comic/graphic novel and the public exhibition) with a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846318702
SKU
V9781846318702
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About Benjamin Fraser
Dr Benjamin Fraser is Assistant Professor of Spanish Film and Cultural Studies at the College of Charleston (USA).
Reviews for Disability Studies and Spanish Culture
'The first of its kind, Fraser’s highly engaging book breaks new ground in the fields of disability studies and Spanish literary and cultural studies, while opening a vital space of dialogue between these disciplines. The author’s rigorous attention to Spanish disability politics allows him to elaborate lucid analyses of literature, film, comics and other media.' Susan Antebi, University of ... Read more