Film, comedy, and disability understanding humour and genre in cinematic constructions of impairment and disability / Alison Wilde.

Author/creator Wilde, Alison, 1959-
Format Electronic
Edition1st Edition.
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Description196 pages ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Disability studies.
Disabilities in motion pictures.
Comedy.
People with disabilities--Social conditions.
Sociology of disability.

SeriesInterdisciplinary disability studies
Contents Introduction -- Comedy and disability -- Contemporary comedy : subjectivity, genre, and impairment -- Romantic comedy and disability -- Romantic comedy meets satire : yorgos lanthimos℗� the lobster -- The gross-out genre, the farrelly brothers, and disability : mapping representational change -- Conclusion, or when is an ending not an ending? -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018014401
ISBN9781472455451 (hardback)
ISBNebook

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