Cinema of the Monstrous: Disability and “Eye-Feel”

Authors

  • Mark O’Hara Stephen T. Badin High School Miami University

Keywords:

Disability studies, Critical media literacy, Foucault, Embodied visuality

Abstract

This paper explores the role of embodied visuality in the formation of stigma toward representations of mental illness in Hollywood movies. Including Foucauldian theory and perspectives from the disciplines of disability studies and media literacy, this paper advocates for the use of curricular materials that may offset monstrous and otherizing portrayals of persons with psychiatric disablilities.

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Published

2019-10-31

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 5 (2019): Special Issue: Curriculum of the Monstrous

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