The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies
Martin Norden, 1994
CALL NO...: 08-BOO
TYPE......: Book
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The definitive historical survey of Hollywood disability tropes from silent film through the early 1990s, cataloguing every major disability film cliché and its cultural implications. Still the most comprehensive single historical account of disability in mainstream cinema.
FilmDisability History
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Available at academic libraries. Published by Rutgers University Press; used copies widely available.