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Media, Performative Identity, and the New American Freak Show
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This book explores the ways in which moving image media has created a 'new American freak show' in the 21st century, introducing narratives about sex, gender, and cultural perceptions of people with disabilities.
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- Traces the re-emergence of the American freak show in new visual forms in the 21st century
- Explores how moving image media transmits, contextualizes, and appropriates the freak show model
- Investigates new freak representations' narratives about sex, gender, and cultural perceptions of people with disabilities
- Examines representations in horror films, documentaries, disability pornography, and music icons' portrayals
- Reveals that the visual culture that has emerged opens new channels of interpretation and identification through mediated images
- Appeals to students and academics interested in disability studies, gender studies, film theory, critical race theory, and cultural studies
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publication date | August 15, 2018 |
| Edition | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 200 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 3319882503 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3319882505 |
| Item Weight | 1 pounds (450 grams) |
| Dimensions | 5.83 x 0.46 x 8.27 inches (14.8 x 1.2 x 21 cm) |
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Media, Performative Identity, and the New American Freak Show
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Answer: The book examines representations found in horror films, documentaries such as Murderball and TLC’s Push Girls, disability pornography including the pornographic documentary Sick, and the music icons Marilyn Manson and Lady Gaga in their portrayals of disability and freakishness. -
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Answer: The main focus of the book is to explore the ways in which moving image media has created a 'new American freak show', introducing narratives about sex, gender, and cultural perceptions of people with disabilities.
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- Moving image media has created a 'new American freak show'
- It introduces narratives about sex, gender, and cultural perceptions of people with disabilities
- It examines representations found in horror films, documentaries, disability pornography and music icons
- This book will appeal to students and academics interested in disability studies, gender studies, film theory, critical race theory, and cultural studies.
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