Dwarfism Arts and Advocacy -

Dwarfism Arts and Advocacy

Creating Our Own Positive Identity

Erin Pritchard (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
248 Seiten
2024
Emerald Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-83753-923-9 (ISBN)
93,50 inkl. MwSt
Disputing derogatory representations of dwarfism, this book opens up a new avenue for disability studies, encouraging advocacy and challenging able-bodied readers to re-examine their perceptions of this community.
When you think of a person with dwarfism, what image springs to mind? Now, hold onto that image and consider how you are expected to respond to it. Is your response laughter, amusement or maybe curiosity? Do you even see them as human, or just a novelty for the entertainment of others?


Rectifying the lack of representation of dwarfism in Disability arts, Dwarfism Arts and Advocacy brings together leading activists, both academics and arts practitioners with lived experience of dwarfism, to raise awareness within academia and society and challenge ableist representations of people with dwarfism. Raising a collective voice, authors offer their thoughts, experiences and, most importantly, recommendations for improving representations of dwarfism and counteracting ableist attitudes both in popular media and in everyday life.


Disputing derogatory representations of this condition, Dwarfism Arts and Advocacy opens up a new avenue for disability studies, encouraging advocacy and challenging able-bodied readers to re-examine their perceptions of this community.

Erin Pritchard is Senior Lecturer in Disability Studies and Core Member of the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies at Liverpool Hope University. She also acts as a consultant to Walt Disney Productions regarding representations of dwarfism.

Introduction; Erin Pritchard

Chapter 1. Curating New Perspectives: How My Dwarfism Led Me to Disability Art; Amanda Cachia

Chapter 2. Little Big Women: Condescension - Sculpting the Oppositional Gaze; Debra Keenahan

Chapter 3. Where are the Creative Opportunities for People with Dwarfism Lived Experience in Participatory Arts Funding?; Steph Robson

Chapter 4. It's Behind You: How Equity and an Education Made Me More than Just a Suit Filler; Alice Lambert and Erin Pritchard

Chapter 5. Midgitte Bardot: Using drag performance to challenge people’s perceptions and attitudes of dwarfism; Tam Reynolds and Erin Pritchard

Chapter 6. The Path to Success is Long and Winding: Challenging Stereotypes and Fighting for Disability Equality in the Entertainment Industry; Danny Woodburn and Erin Pritchard

Chapter 7. Get The Balance Right: The Change in How People with Dwarfism are Depicted from Limited, Damaging and Negative to Realistic, Creative and Positive; Simon Minty

Chapter 8. Creating Our Own Path: The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge; Nic Novicki and Erin Pritchard

Chapter 9. Dwarfism Advocacy: A Life Tenure; Angela Muir Van Etten 

Chapter 10. Exploring Dwarfism Representation in Social Media: Intentionality and Advocacy as a Digital Content Creator; Kara B. Ayers

Chapter 11. Podcasts as a Platform for Advocacy; Jillian Curwin

Chapter 12. The Patchwork Representation We Too Often Miss; Sam Drummond

Chapter 13. “Would You Befriend Me, Date Me, Hire Me If I Hadn’t Had My Bones Broken & Stretched to Look More Like Yours?”; Emily Sullivan Sanford

Epilogue; Erin Pritchard

Erscheint lt. Verlag 29.10.2024
Verlagsort Bingley
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-83753-923-5 / 1837539235
ISBN-13 978-1-83753-923-9 / 9781837539239
Zustand Neuware
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