The Cinema of Isolation: a history of physical disability in the movies
Norden F. Martin 199409 Rutgers Univ Press, 406p.
■Norden F. Martin 199409 The Cinema of Isolation: a history of physical disability in the movies, Rutgers Univ Press. 406p. ISBN-10: 0813521041 ISBN-13: 978-0813521046 \3079 [amazon]／［kinokuniya］
■内容
From the Back Cover
Filmmakers have often encouraged us to regard people with physical disabilities in terms of pity, awe, humor, or fear - as "Others" who somehow deserve to be isolated from the rest of society. In this first history of the portrayal of physical disability in the movies, Martin Norden examines hundreds of Hollywood movies (and notable international ones), finds their place within mainstream society, and uncovers the movie industry's practices for maintaining the status quo - keeping people with disabilities dependent and "in their place." Norden offers a dazzling array of physically disabled characters who embody or break out of the stereotypes that have both influenced and been symptomatic of society's fluctuating relationship with its physically disabled minority. He shows us "sweet innocents" like Tiny Tim, "obsessive avengers" like Quasimodo, variations on the disabled veteran, and many others. He observes the arrival of a new set of stereotypes tied to the growth of science and technology in the 1970s and 1980s, and underscores movies like My Left Foot and The Waterdance that display a newfound sensitivity. Norden's in-depth knowledge of disability history makes for a particularly intelligent and sensitive approach to this long overlooked issue in media studies.
About the Author
Martin F. Norden teaches film as a professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has co-authored "Movies: A Language in Light" and has written many articles on moving-image media.
■目次
preface and acknowledgments ix
introduction / Politics, Movies, and Physical 1 (13)
Disability
Emergence of an Impoverished Image 14 (35)
The Misbegotten Multi-Reelers 49 (25)
Man of a Thousand Disabilities and His 74 (35)
Brethren
Golden-Age Freakshows 109(36)
The Road to Rehabilitation 145(39)
The Path to Apathy 184(39)
Moving toward the Mainstream 223(41)
High-Tech Heroics and Other Concerns 264(44)
conclusion / Reel Life after the Americans with 308(17)
Disabilities Act
notes 325(30)
selected bibliography 355(8)
general index 363(14)
film index 377
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