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A valuable contribution to understanding how disability has been portrayed in U.S. culture and how, by extension, popular consciousness of disability has been shaped.-- Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews Picturing Disability presents nine genres of 'disability photography' in a remarkable collection of 223 illustrations. Photos included range across more than a century, from the 1860s to the 1970s. The contribution of this work to the field of disability studies cannot be overstated, largely because of the scarcity of books on disability with a similar historical scope. . . . Its noteworthy coverage and fresh insights make it a terrific contribution to the field.-- Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies As a series of essays, Picturing Disability is a volume that is not easily forgotten. It raises issues about the language we use. It forces us to look at social systems and institutions. It also makes us reflect not just on the use of photographs in American culture but also on the portrayal of those with disabilities.-- Journal of American Culture For anyone who is interested in the ways people with disabilities and their families were visualized and described in the past, and the ways those images then helped form stereotypes or perspectives towards disability in the present, Picturing Disability is an incredible resource and a must-read, or, rather, a must-read and must-see.-- Journal of Disability and Religion

For anyone who is interested in the ways people with disabilities and theirfamilies were visualized and described in the past, and the ways those imagesthen helped form stereotypes or perspectives towards disability in thepresent, Picturing Disability is an incredible resource and a must-read, or, rather, a must-read and must-see.--Bill Gaventa Journal of Disability & Religion

Picturing Disability presents nine genres of disability photography in a remarkable collection of 223 illustrations. Photos included range across more than a century, from the 1860s to the 1970s. The contribution of this work to the field of disability studies cannot be overstated, largely because of the scarcity of books on disability with a similar historical scope....Its noteworthy coverage and fresh insights make it a terrific contribution to the field.--Melinda C. Hall, Stetson University Journal of Literary Cultural Disability Studies For anyone who is interested in the ways people with disabilities and their families were visualized and described in the past, and the ways those images then helped form stereotypes or perspectives towards disability in the present, Picturing Disability is an incredible resource and a must-read, or, rather, a must-read and must-see. --Bill Gaventa Journal of Disability & Religion A valuable contribution to understanding how disability has been portrayed in U.S. culture and how, by extension, popular consciousness of disability has been shaped. --Michael Schwalbe, North Carolina State University Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews

Picturing Disability presents nine genres of disability photography in a remarkable collection of 223 illustrations. Photos included range across more than a century, from the 1860s to the 1970s. The contribution of this work to the field of disability studies cannot be overstated, largely because of the scarcity of books on disability with a similar historical scope .Its noteworthy coverage and fresh insights make it a terrific contribution to the field.--Melinda C. Hall, Stetson University Journal of Literary Cultural Disability Studies For anyone who is interested in the ways people with disabilities and their families were visualized and described in the past, and the ways those images then helped form stereotypes or perspectives towards disability in the present, Picturing Disability is an incredible resource and a must-read, or, rather, a must-read and must-see.--Bill Gaventa Journal of Disability & Religion A valuable contribution to understanding how disability has been portrayed in U.S. culture and how, by extension, popular consciousness of disability has been shaped.--Michael Schwalbe, North Carolina State University Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews

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Bogdan resides in Orwell, VT. Previous Books: Real Photo Postcard Guide: the People’s Photography and Beauty and the Beast: Human-Animal Relations as Revealed in Real Photo Postcards, 1905-1935

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