focusing passion, creating community and expressing defiance /
Katie Ellis, Curtin University, Australia
x, 201 pages ;
25 cm
The cultural politics of media and popular culture
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-191) and index
List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: producerly disability -- Our moment in time : the transitory and concrete value of disability toys -- Contemporary beauty-ism -- Spaces of cultural mediation : the science fiction cinema of the third stage of disability -- Among the leading characters on television -- Enfreaking popular music : making us think by making us feel -- Controlling the body : sport, disability and the construction of ability -- Disability and spreadable media : access, representation and inspiration porn -- Conclusion : focusing passion, creating community, expressing defiance -- References -- Filmography