Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen and Other Photographic Rhetoric

Contents

List of Illustrations  vii Acknowledgments  xiii Abbreviations  xv 1. Introduction Picturing Disability  1 2. Freak Portraits Sideshow Souvenirs  7 3. Begging Cards Solicitation with Photographs  22 4. Charity The Poster Child and Others  42 5. Asylums Postcards, Public Relations, and Muckraking  57 6. Clinical Photographs “Feeblemindedness” in Eugenics Texts  75 Martin Elks 7. Advertising Photographs People with Disabilities Selling Products  99 8. Movie Stills Monsters, Revenge, and Pity  115 9. Art for Art’s Sake People with Disabilities in Art Photography  129 James A. Knoll 10. Citizen Portraits Photos as Personal Keepsakes  144 11. Conclusion Just a Beginning  165 References  181 Index  187 Contents ...