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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Erin Pritchard
• Chapter 1. Curating new perspectives: How my dwarfism led me to disability art / Amanda Cachia
• Chapter 2. Little big women: Condescension - sculpting the oppositional gaze / Debra Keenahan
• Chapter 3. Where are the creative opportunities for people with dwarfism lived experience in participatory arts funding? / Steph Robson
• Chapter 4. It's behind you: How equity and an education made me more than just a suit filler / Alice Lambert and Erin Pritchard
• Chapter 5. Midgitte bardot: Using drag performance to challenge people's perceptions and attitudes of dwarfism / Tam Reynolds and Erin Pritchard
• Chapter 6. The path to success is long and winding: Challenging stereotypes and fighting for disability equality in the entertainment industry / Danny Woodburn and Erin Pritchard
• Chapter 7. Get the balance right: The change in how people with dwarfism are depicted from limited, damaging and negative to realistic, creative and positive / Simon Minty
• Chapter 8. Creating our own path: The easterseals disability film challenge / Nic Novicki and Erin Pritchard
• Chapter 9. Dwarfism advocacy: A life tenure / Angela Muir Van Etten
• Chapter 10. Exploring dwarfism representation in social media: Intentionality and advocacy as a digital content creator / Kara B. Ayers
• Chapter 11. Podcasts as a platform for advocacy / Jillian Curwin
• Chapter 12. The patchwork representation we too often miss / Sam Drummond
• Chapter 13. "Would you befriend me, date me, hire me if i hadn't had my bones broken & stretched to look more like yours?" / Emily Sullivan Sanford
• Epilogue / Erin Pritchard.