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Faculty Mentor
Liz DePoy and Stephen Gilson
Program
Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
Description
In the visual and material culture of the 21st century, image is power. This inquiry used thematic analysis to examine the meanings of disability imagery on a continuum from tragedy to an inevitable and celebrated part of human diversity and provocateur of social change. Five themes emerged: disability as tragic (exclusion, isolation, fear); disability as inspiration porn (disabled people are brave or special just for living); close but not quite (some positive imagery segregation and impairment are foregrounded); and celebration of disability as human diversity (the goal for change).
Publication Date
4-2017
Document Type
Poster
Publisher
University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
City
Orono, Maine
Conference Name
2017 University of Maine Student Symposium: Research & Creative Activity
Conference Location
Bangor, Maine
Keywords
social change, disability
Disciplines
Family, Life Course, and Society | Social Work | Sociology of Culture
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Recommended Citation
Perez, F., Stronach, R. & Students in DIS 450 – Disability: Population-Environment Diversity. (2017, April). Disability imagery: A bastion of social change. (PDF). Poster presented at the 2017 University of Maine Student Symposium: Research & Creative Activity. Bangor, ME.
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