Disability Arts and Culture by Kuppers, Petra -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Contents Introduction

Methods of knowledge creation: Puppet shows Conclusion References

Texts and Complexities

Invisible disability and wordlessness Doublings Migraineur’s best friend References Notes

Introduction The intersection of Deaf and Asian American discourses A new ‘corner of the sky’: (Re)reading Deaf West’s and East West’s Pippin Deaf West Theatre’s Pippin East West Players’ Pippin ‘Revolution!’: Confronting the generation gap(s) The grande finale References Note

References Notes

Chapter 4: What are you looking at?: Staring down notions of the disabled body in dance

Heidi Latsky and the unexpected dancing body Five Open Mouths References Notes

Discourse Analysis: Cultures and Difference

Introduction Britain’s Missing Top Model and possibilities for representational change Modelling tasks – The importance of impairment Impairment and real disabled women, social relationships and the judgement of disabled models Conclusion References Notes

Introduction Sketching the shows Methodology Theoretical approach Representations of disability in Turkish health shows Family and motherhood: ‘I sacrificed everything for Emir … now, I am a housewife’ Disability and religion: ‘Doctors will be of some use if my God allows them to do so’ A persistent medical approach: ‘We will make him walk, just like he does in his dreams’ Conclusion References Notes

Chapter 7: The portrayal of people with disabilities in Moroccan proverbs and jokes

Introduction Method and procedure Literature review The portrayal of people with disabilities in proverbs The portrayal of people with disabilities in jokes Research findings Discussion Conclusion References

People’s Voices: Qualitative Methods

Introduction Literature review Methodology Analysis and discussion Conclusion References Notes

Chapter 9: Disability in television crime drama: Transgression and access

Disability in television crime drama Disability, culture and television Television access Disability and the crime genre Blogger analysis ‘Disabled’: The victim of crime The survey: Disability on television – access and representation Conclusion: Access and representation Acknowledgements References

Television and disability in context On the importance of television comedy and disability Methodology Institutional dynamics of the television comedy industry Limits of current portrayals of disability in television comedy Conclusions Acknowledgements References Notes

Ethnographic Approaches: Project Reports

Introduction Background Choral singing, identity and disability Methodology Becoming ‘a choir’: Fostering a hospitable space and a participatory culture ‘Being yourself’: The presentation of self and the value of self-confidence Conclusion Acknowledgements References Note

Chapter 12: Dancing as a wolf: Art-based understanding of autistic spectrum condition

Participants and ethics Finding a research language Sensed experience of arts in autism and neural typical perception Multimodal and intermodal processes Embodied interpretation tanka poems My own experiential process Conclusion References Note

Pre-context as three encounters Disabled dance4 Intercultural dialogues From outsider art to Able Art Onstage Positioning the Thikwa plus Junkan Project for a balance of power Acknowledgements References Notes

Chapter 14: Swimming with the Salamander: A community eco-performance project

The Salamander Project: Disability culture The Salamander Project: Open pool writings Conclusion: Why writing? References Notes

Notes on Contributors