{"product_id":"picturing-disability-robert-bogdan-9780815633020","title":"Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen and Other Photographic Rhetoric","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidget, feeble-minded, crippled, lame, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003einsane: \u003c\/i\u003e these terms and the historical photographs that accompany them may seem shocking to present-day audiences. A young woman with no arms wears a sequined tutu and smiles for the camera as she smokes a cigarette with her toes; a man holds up two prosthetic legs while his own legs are bared to the knees to show his missing feet. The photos were used as promotional material for circus sideshows, charity drives, and art galleries. They were found on begging cards and in family albums. In\u003ci\u003e Picturing Disability, \u003c\/i\u003eBogdan and his collaborators gather over 200 historical photographs showing how people with disabilities have been presented and exploring the contexts in which they were photographed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRather than focus on the subjects, Bogdan turns his gaze on the people behind the camera. He examines the historic and cultural environment of the photographs to decipher the relationship between the images and the perspectives of the picture makers. In analyzing the visual rhetoric of these photographs, Bogdan identifies the wide variety of genres, from sideshow souvenirs to clinical photographs. Ranging from the 1860s, when photographs first became readily available, to the 1970s, when the disability rights movement became a force for significant change, Bogdan chronicles the evolution of disability image creation. \u003ci\u003ePicturing Disability\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader beyond judging images as positive or slanderous to reveal how particular contexts generate specific emotions and lasting depictions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Bogdan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815633025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815633020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.18h x 8.76w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/29\/2013","brand":"Robert Bogdan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926473801983,"sku":"9780815633020","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_580edca6-6f2c-4aff-8e7f-f63ef32c2d7b.jpg?v=1681083271","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/picturing-disability-robert-bogdan-9780815633020","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}