Teaching Responsibility
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Education
Learning Methods
Lecture
Off Site
Workshop
Module Offerings
5213EDSTUD-JAN-MTP
Aims
The aim of the module is to explore the representations of disability and the participation of people with disabilities within popular culture including the arts, literature, film and media.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Reflect upon the representations of disability within media
2.
Explore the participation and contribution of individuals with disabilities to popular culture
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Disability and identity in popular culture
The affirmative model of disability
Disability and the media
Disability theory: embodiment, narrative and performance
Images of disability in film
Representations of disability in literature
Petra Kippers: issues of barriers to participation
Disability and humour
Television and representations of disability
Disability and the Arts
Module Overview:
The aim of the module is to enable you to explore the representations of disability and the participation of people with disabilities within popular culture including the arts, literature, film and media.
The aim of the module is to enable you to explore the representations of disability and the participation of people with disabilities within popular culture including the arts, literature, film and media.
Additional Information:Students will explore how disability is represented through popular culture.