Edition |
First Tiller Press hardcover edition. |
Description |
xi, 273 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
The Building Blocks of Blindness: Hi, I'm Elsa -- We Need to Talk about Helen: Breaking Gibson's Mythology -- Language Acquisition Through the Sound Barrier and Other Deafblind Mysteries -- My Body and Other Histories -- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Identify Ableism: A Lesson in Radiation Poisoning -- Your Vision of Blindness is Impaired: The Monolith of Blindness in Media -- How I Learned to Drive, Play With Swords, And Other Things You Shouldn't Do At Home -- Yes, Virginia, Even Blind Men Can Be Assholes: The Intersection of Disability and Gender -- The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Surviving Ableist Violence Through the Lens of Horror -- Cripping My Dance Card: Required Reading for People Who Want to Date Me (But my Relatives Should Close the Book) -- Coming Out of the Closet: But Only If It's ADA Compliant -- There Are No Blind Moms on TV: Disability & Parenthood Stigma -- I Am Not a Teaching Tool: Medicalizing the Disabled Body -- Welcome to the Cyberpunk Future, It's In My Ears: Disability and Science Fiction -- We Have Always Thrived in the Castle: Defying Ableism to Become Yourself -- Cane in One Hand, Protest Sign in the Other: A View of Police Brutality and Disability -- Hindsight is 20/20, Except if You're Me and then it's [REDACTED]. |
Summary |
"A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Sjunneson, Elsa, 1985-
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Deafblind people -- United States -- Biography.
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Deafblind women -- United States -- Biography.
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People with disabilities.
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People with disabilities in mass media.
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Discrimination against people with disabilities.
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Deafblind people. (OCoLC)fst01430175
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Deafblind women. (OCoLC)fst01430195
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Discrimination against people with disabilities. (OCoLC)fst00895020
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People with disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01057245
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People with disabilities in mass media. (OCoLC)fst01057366
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Sjunneson, Elsa. Being seen New York : Tiller Press, [2021] 9781982152413 (DLC) 2021011847 |
ISBN |
9781982152376 hardcover |
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1982152370 hardcover |
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9781982152413 electronic book |
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