TY - BOOK AU - Ellis,Katie TI - Disability and popular culture: focusing passion, creating community and expressing defiance T2 - The cultural politics of media and popular culture SN - 9781472411785 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - HV1568 .E445 2015 U1 - 305.9/08 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Burlington PB - Ashgate KW - People with disabilities in mass media KW - Popular culture N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-191) and index; Introduction: producerly disability -- Our moment in time : the transitory and concrete value of disability toys -- Contemporary beauty-ism -- Spaces of cultural mediation : the science fiction cinema of the third stage of disability -- Among the leading characters on television -- Enfreaking popular music : making us think by making us feel -- Controlling the body : sport, disability and the construction of ability -- Disability and spreadable media : access, representation and inspiration porn -- Conclusion : focusing passion, creating community, expressing defiance -- References -- Filmography ER -