{"product_id":"cognitive-disability-aesthetics-visual-culture-disability-representations-and-the-invisibility-of-cognitive-difference-hardback-9781487502331","title":"Cognitive Disability Aesthetics; Visual Culture, Disability Representations, and the (in)Visibility of Cognitive Difference (Hardback) 9781487502331","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCognitive Disability Aesthetics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVisual Culture, Disability Representations, and the (in)Visibility of Cognitive Difference\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenjamin Fraser (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487502331\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 June 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 2.2 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Whether interested in theory, disability, aesthetics, or visual culture, \u003ci\u003eCognitive Disability Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking and valuable means of prompting or continuing all such conversations.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Stuart Davis, University of Cambridge (\u003cem\u003eBulletin of Spanish Studies\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCognitive Disability Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e explores the invisibility of cognitive disability in theoretical, historical, social, and cultural contexts. Benjamin Fraser\u0026amp;#x2019;s cutting edge research and analysis signals a second-wave in disability studies that prioritizes cognition. Fraser expands upon previous research into physical disability representations and focuses on those disabilities that tend to be least visible in society (autism, Down syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia). Moving beyond established literary approaches analyzing prose representations of disability, the book explores how iconic and indexical modes of signification operate in visual texts. Taking on cognitive disability representations in a range of visual media (painting, cinema, and graphic novels), Fraser showcases the value of returning to impairment discourse. \u003ci\u003eCognitive Disability Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e successfully reconfigures disability studies in the humanities and exposes the chasm that exists between Anglophone disability studies and disability studies in the Hispanic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Theorizing Visual Disability Representations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe (In)Visibility of Cognitive Disability\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignification and Staring: Icon, Index, and Symbol in Visual Media\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisability Scholarship at the Seam: The Materiality of Visual Narrative\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Cognition, Collaboration, Community\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisualizing Down Syndrome and Autism: The \u003ci\u003eTrazos Singulares\u003c\/i\u003e [Singular Strokes] (2011) Exhibition and \u003ci\u003eMaría cumple 20 años \u003c\/i\u003e[María Turns Twenty] (2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSequencing Alzheimer\u0026amp;#x2019;s Dementia: Paco Roca\u0026amp;#x2019;s Graphic Novel \u003ci\u003eArrugas\u003c\/i\u003e [Wrinkles] (2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScreening Schizophrenia: Documentary Cinema, Cognitive Disability and Abel García Roure\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eUna cierta verdad\u003c\/i\u003e [A Certain Truth] (2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595457294616,"sku":"9781487502331","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cognitive-disability-aesthetics-visual-culture-disability-representations-and-the-invisibility-of-cognitive-difference-hardback-9781487502331","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}