From freaks to savants: disability and hegemony from the "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939) to "Sling Blade" (1997)

By: Whittington-Walsh, Fiona.
Series: Disability & Society 17 (6) 2002: 695-707.Publisher: 2002Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): DISABILITY | FILMS | STEREOTYPESSummary: Traces the portrayal of people with disabilities in films and suggests that the constant portrayal of characters with disabilities as savants in today's films serves to diminish the abilities and lives of the general population of people with disabilities.
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Traces the portrayal of people with disabilities in films and suggests that the constant portrayal of characters with disabilities as savants in today's films serves to diminish the abilities and lives of the general population of people with disabilities.

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