Down Syndrome Culture
People with Down syndrome possess a culture. They are producers of culture. And in the 21st century, this culture is increasingly visible as a global phenomenon. Down Syndrome Culture examines Down syndrome alongside its social, cultural, and artistic representation. Author Benjamin Fraser draws upo...
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| description | People with Down syndrome possess a culture. They are producers of culture. And in the 21st century, this culture is increasingly visible as a global phenomenon. Down Syndrome Culture examines Down syndrome alongside its social, cultural, and artistic representation. Author Benjamin Fraser draws upon neomaterialist and posthumanist approaches to disability as well as the work of disability theorists such as David Mitchell, Sharon Snyder, Susan Antebi, Tobin Siebers, and Stuart Murray. By particularly focusing on Down syndrome, he showcases the unique place that it holds as an intellectual and developmental disability—one that fits between the social and medical models of disability—within the disability studies field.
Down Syndrome Culture also pushes the traditionally Anglophone borders of disability studies by examining examples in Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese-language texts, and incorporating the work of thinkers in Iberian and Latin American studies. Through a close analysis of life writing, documentaries, and fiction films, the book emphasizes the central role of people with Down syndrome in contemporary cultural production. Chapters discuss the autobiography of Andy Trias Trueta, the social actors of the documentary Los niños [The Grown-Ups] (2016), dancers from Danza Mobile, and a variety of fiction films, challenging ableist understandings of disability in nuanced ways. Ultimately, this book reveals the lives, cultural work, and representations of people with trisomy 21 in an international context. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1464322025-07-21T15:44:54Z Down Syndrome Culture Fraser, Benjamin disability studies, Down syndrome, documentary film, fiction film, life writing, autobiography, dance, inclusive theater, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, neomaterialism, social model, Andy Trias Trueta, Federació Catalana Síndrome de Down, Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation, Ignoring DS: Memories and Reflections, Los niños, Ana Rodríguez, Ricardo Urzúa, Andrés Martínez, Rita Guzmán, Que nadie duerma, Let No One Sleep, Jaime García, José Manuel Muñoz, Danza Mobile, Alejandra Manzo, Paco de la Fuente, Ariel Goldenberg, Rita Pokk, Breno Viola, intellectual and developmental disabilities, IDD, trisomy 21, neomaterialist, posthumanismist, David Mitchell, Sharon Snyder, Susan Antebi, Tobin Siebers, Stuart Murray, Thomas Couser, Sally Chivers, Evelyn Mogk, Martin Norden thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFM Disability: social aspects thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFM Disability: social aspects thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies People with Down syndrome possess a culture. They are producers of culture. And in the 21st century, this culture is increasingly visible as a global phenomenon. Down Syndrome Culture examines Down syndrome alongside its social, cultural, and artistic representation. Author Benjamin Fraser draws upon neomaterialist and posthumanist approaches to disability as well as the work of disability theorists such as David Mitchell, Sharon Snyder, Susan Antebi, Tobin Siebers, and Stuart Murray. By particularly focusing on Down syndrome, he showcases the unique place that it holds as an intellectual and developmental disability—one that fits between the social and medical models of disability—within the disability studies field. Down Syndrome Culture also pushes the traditionally Anglophone borders of disability studies by examining examples in Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese-language texts, and incorporating the work of thinkers in Iberian and Latin American studies. Through a close analysis of life writing, documentaries, and fiction films, the book emphasizes the central role of people with Down syndrome in contemporary cultural production. Chapters discuss the autobiography of Andy Trias Trueta, the social actors of the documentary Los niños [The Grown-Ups] (2016), dancers from Danza Mobile, and a variety of fiction films, challenging ableist understandings of disability in nuanced ways. Ultimately, this book reveals the lives, cultural work, and representations of people with trisomy 21 in an international context. 2024-10-24T04:16:05Z 2024-10-24T04:16:05Z 2024-10-23T09:54:51Z 2024 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/93929 9780472076918 9780472056910 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/146432 eng Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/93929/1/9780472904556.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/93929/1/9780472904556.pdf University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.12675824 10.3998/mpub.12675824 b7359529-e5f7-4510-a59f-d7dafa1d4d17 9780472076918 9780472056910 204 open access |
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| topic | disability studies, Down syndrome, documentary film, fiction film, life writing, autobiography, dance, inclusive theater, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, neomaterialism, social model, Andy Trias Trueta, Federació Catalana Síndrome de Down, Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation, Ignoring DS: Memories and Reflections, Los niños, Ana Rodríguez, Ricardo Urzúa, Andrés Martínez, Rita Guzmán, Que nadie duerma, Let No One Sleep, Jaime García, José Manuel Muñoz, Danza Mobile, Alejandra Manzo, Paco de la Fuente, Ariel Goldenberg, Rita Pokk, Breno Viola, intellectual and developmental disabilities, IDD, trisomy 21, neomaterialist, posthumanismist, David Mitchell, Sharon Snyder, Susan Antebi, Tobin Siebers, Stuart Murray, Thomas Couser, Sally Chivers, Evelyn Mogk, Martin Norden thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFM Disability: social aspects thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFM Disability: social aspects thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies |
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