Open AccessReview of Preston, The Fantasy of Disability: Images of Loss in Popular Culture (2017).
Author(s) -
Mikhel Hudrlik
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
canadian journal of disability studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1929-9192
DOI - 10.15353/cjds.v7i1.404
Subject(s) - fantasy , mainstream , popular culture , psychology , psychoanalysis , sociology , media studies , gender studies , art , literature , political science , law
Portrayals of disability in mainstream culture and media, and questions about the implications they have for disabled people, are not new. However, in The Fantasy of Disability: Images of Loss in Popular Culture, Jeffrey Preston takes those questions to new places.