03347nam 2200721 450 991078763160332120231206215302.01-315-57741-01-317-15010-41-317-15009-01-4094-4052-4(CKB)2670000000493882(EBL)1570482(SSID)ssj0001060846(PQKBManifestationID)11587564(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060846(PQKBWorkID)11087734(PQKB)10155467(Au-PeEL)EBL1570482(CaPaEBR)ebr10812265(CaONFJC)MIL924676(OCoLC)864713308(Au-PeEL)EBL5293929(CaONFJC)MIL559671(MiAaPQ)EBC1570482(MiAaPQ)EBC5293929(EXLCZ)99267000000049388220131212d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDisability, obesity and ageing popular media indentifications /Debbie Rodan, Katie Ellis and Pia LebeckFarnham Surrey, England :Ashgate,2014.©20141 online resource (177 p.)The cultural politics of media and popular cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-4094-4051-6 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I Television as a Social Experience; 1 Introduction: Renegotiating Disability, Obesity and Ageing; 2 Tacit Knowledge: Cultural Representations of Disability, Obesity and Ageing; 3 A Marketplace of Ideas: Television as a Social Experience; 4 Audience Activity: Identification, Disidentification and Online Activity; Part II Identifications; 5 Disability Drama; 6 Obesity Makeover: Rejecting the Obese Body; 7 Ageing Transformations: Embracing the 'Young-Old' Body; 8 Conclusion: Beyond the Water-Cooler; References; IndexDisability, Obesity and Ageing offers an engaging account of a new area of pressing concern, analysing the way in which 'spurned' identities are depicted and reacted to in televisual genres and on-line forums. Examining the symbolic power of the media, this book presents case studies from reality, drama and comic television programmes popular in the UK, USA and Australia to shed light on the representation of disability, obesity, and ageing the manner in which their status as unwanted and unwelcome identities is perpetuated.Cultural politics of media and popular culture.Identity (Psychology) and mass mediaPeople with disabilities in mass mediaObesity in mass mediaOlder people in mass mediaIdentity (Psychology) and mass media.People with disabilities in mass media.Obesity in mass media.Older people in mass media.302.2301/9Rodan Debbie1573884Ellis Katie1978-896260Lebeck Pia1573885MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787631603321Disability, obesity and ageing3849809UNINA