paul hunt disability
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Disability and
Ability
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Paul Hunt (1991)
• 10 stereotypes of disabled people in media:– Pitiable or pathetic– Object of curiosity or violence– Sinister or evil– The super cripple– As atmosphere– Laughable– His/her own worst enemy– Burden– Non-sexual– Unable to participate in daily life
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Paul Hunt (1991)
• Pitiable or pathetic– Most common stereotype– Shown to be deserving of
pity when faced withdifficulty or prejudice
– Charity appeals have oftenused this representation
– TV dramas still use it asa shortcut
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Paul Hunt (1991)
• Object of curiosity or violence– Presenting people as
unusual– Disability is something
to be viewed / observed– Difference is highlighted
and made a spectacle– Puts disabled and
non-disabled people in binary opposition when they are not
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Paul Hunt (1991)
• Super cripple– Position of admiration despite disability– Patronising in some ways – e.g. admiring attitude
of people with disabilities
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Paul Hunt (1991)
• Humour– Pleasure in the misfortune of others
(schadenfreunde)– Disability seen as source of
humour since the Ancient Greeks– Humour based on disability– Or humour despite of it
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Paul Hunt (1991)
• Sinister or evil– Scarring and disability
as short cut for evil– Scarring and disability
often used to signifyviolence or anger
– Joker / Freddy Krueger