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Towson University A Disabled Feminist Talks Back Rousso Discussion

 

  • You will read the memoir of a disabled person listed below and write a paper that compares and contrasts the person’s actual experience with that disability versus the representation of that disability in the news and entertainment media.
  • Using the memoir as a foundational text, you will be expected to find at least 9 additional sources to inform the paper. These include: scholarly disability studies essays from Disability Studies Quarterly; materials from an activist disability blog or alternative disability media source; popular cultural representations; and news stories about a related disability topic (You may use up to 5 readings from the course readings).
  • This paper will have 10+ sources total in an APA-style reference list at the end of the paper.
  • Drawing upon all these readings; you should develop a coherent analysis of the media presentation of disability, as it does or does not reflect a person’s lived experience with a disability as discussed in the memoir.
  • This 1,000-1,200 word paper should use the memoir as a lens from which to compare and contrast popular cultural representations of disability in news, TV, film, etc.

    Harilyn Russo,
    Don’t Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back (Temple University Press, 2013). http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/2235_reg.html Kindle edition available through Amazon E-book available through Rakuten https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/don-t-call-me-inspirational