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My Tropey Life: How Pop Culture Stereotypes Make Disabled Lives Harder

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My Tropey Life: How Pop Culture Stereotypes Make Disabled Lives Harder - Carl, Annie
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Annie writes with incisive wit and insight about what it's like to be disabled in an able-bodied world. She walks us through the stereotypical portrayals of disabled people in books and movies--the "inspirational" people, the miracle cures, the monsters and villains--and shows how these stereotypes play out in real-life interactions, from rude stares and patronizing comments to the institutionalization, marginalization, and even murder of people with disabilities. She also writes about positive representation of ...

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My Tropey Life: How Pop Culture Stereotypes Make Disabled Lives Harder 2020, Microcosm Publishing

ISBN-13: 9781648410352

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