Tag Archives: gender

I began this journey some time ago by asking whether there are any commonalities in the visual representation of women and disabled people. What I found suggested the answer to be yes and no. The common feature throughout both popular … Continue reading →

So far in this part of my research I have aimed to identify and track common representations of disabled women. I have identified how popular online imagery defined disabled women in quite narrow ways in terms of impairment and physicality … Continue reading →

The Family of Man The Family of Man exhibition opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on January 24th 1955 and has been shown around the world since then. The exhibition was composed of 503 photographs grouped … Continue reading →

In my last post I got to a point where I am clear that the representation of women in both important and popular imagery has been quite limited to white westernised, idealised versions of pretty women or motherhood shaped largely … Continue reading →

In my last post I on this subject found that the representation of women online appeared to be very narrow. But the search was cursory and limited to using Google and the following terms under images: 1) Women and 2) … Continue reading →

I don’t propose to cover the history of the representation of women and disabled people here; just answer the question. Suffice to say the notions of what is means to be a women are created, reflected and negotiated party through … Continue reading →

Goffman researched and explored the role of stigma in the early 1960s (Goffman, 1963). He identified and explained three types of stigma: character traits; physical traits and group traits. His research demonstrated that while some physical traits can be socially … Continue reading →