Dwarfism arts and advocacy : creating our own positive identity

• Other Authors: Pritchard, Erin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
• Subjects: Dwarfs (Persons); People with disabilities and the arts.; Activism.; Identity (Philosophical concept); Social Science > People with Disabilities.; Political activism > Political engagement.; Disability: social aspects.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781837539246
• DOI: 10.1108/9781837539222
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 pages)

When you think of a person with dwarfism, what image springs to mind? Now, hold onto that image and consider how you are expected to respond to it. Is your response laughter, amusement or maybe curiosity? Do you even see them as human, or just a novelty for the entertainment of others? Rectifying t...