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Picturing disability : beggar, freak, citizen, and other photographic rhetoric

Title: Picturing disability : beggar, freak, citizen, and other photographic rhetoric / Robert Bogdan, with Martin Elks and James A. Knoll.
Author: Bogdan, Robert.
Publication: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2012.

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Description

xv, 198 p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Series Statement

Critical perspectives on disability

Uniform Title

Critical perspectives on disability.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

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

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.

Call Number

MFW 13-2370

ISBN

9780815633020 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815633025 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2012033977
40021651343

OCLC

794363313

Author

Bogdan, Robert.

Title

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

Imprint

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2012.

Edition

1st ed.

Series

Critical perspectives on disability

Critical perspectives on disability.

Bibliography

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

Added Author

Elks, Martin.

Knoll, James A.

Other Standard Identifier

40021651343

Research Call Number

MFW 13-2370

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