Bibliograph

Being seen, one deafblind woman's fight to end ableism, Elsa Sjunneson

Type

Label

Being seen, one deafblind woman's fight to end ableism, Elsa Sjunneson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Being seen

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Elsa Sjunneson

Sub title

one deafblind woman's fight to end ableism

Summary

"A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The Building Blocks of Blindness: Hi, I'm Elsa -- We Need to Talk about Helen: Breaking Gibson's Mythology -- Language Acquisition Through the Sound Barrier and Other Deafblind Mysteries -- My Body and Other Histories -- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Identify Ableism: A Lesson in Radiation Poisoning -- Your Vision of Blindness is Impaired: The Monolith of Blindness in Media -- How I Learned to Drive, Play With Swords, And Other Things You Shouldn't Do At Home -- Yes, Virginia, Even Blind Men Can Be Assholes: The Intersection of Disability and Gender -- The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Surviving Ableist Violence Through the Lens of Horror -- Cripping My Dance Card: Required Reading for People Who Want to Date Me (But my Relatives Should Close the Book) -- Coming Out of the Closet: But Only If It's ADA Compliant -- There Are No Blind Moms on TV: Disability & Parenthood Stigma -- I Am Not a Teaching Tool: Medicalizing the Disabled Body -- Welcome to the Cyberpunk Future, It's In My Ears: Disability and Science Fiction -- We Have Always Thrived in the Castle: Defying Ableism to Become Yourself -- Cane in One Hand, Protest Sign in the Other: A View of Police Brutality and Disability -- Hindsight is 20/20, Except if You're Me and then it's [REDACTED]

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