FILM 4800 – Disability in Cinema
Email: michaelbass@clayton.edu
Office: A&S G121
Visitation Hours: MW 2:30-4:30 or by appointment

Fall 2022 Full Course Syllabus

Course Readings (Password Protected)

Resources
Clayton State Academic Calendars
Clayton State Film, Communication, and Performing Arts Department
Clayton State Communications and Media Studies Department
Clayton State Film Production Department
Clayton State Film Production BA Suggested Course Sequence
Clayton State Disability Resource Center
(Some) Georgia Film Festivals!
SWANK – CSU Library’s Online Streaming Service!
Kanopy – CSU Library’s Other Online Streaming Service!
Hoopla – Atlanta-Fulton Public Library’s Streaming Service!
Atlanta Fulton County Public Library!
Criterion Channel
Shudder
Adblock Plus
Videodrome Atlanta
Midtown Art Cinema Atlanta
Plaza Theatre Atlanta
Film Terms Glossary
Box Office Mojo
Film-Related Podcasts
How to Email a Professor
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Gauntlett, “Essay-Writing: The Essential Guide”
More Paper Tips
What is a Scholarly Article?
How to Read Scholarly Articles
How to Find Scholarly Articles
Citation Styles Help

Lecture Notes
Academic Writing
Introduction to Film Studies
How to Film Major…
Adams, Reiss, & Serlin – Disability
Baynton – Deafness
Becker – Ideology
Beltran – Representation
Boyd – The Warped Mirror
Campbell – Ability
Carter-Long – Where Have You Gone, Stephen Dwoskin?: On Disability Film
Darke – The Elephant Man: An Analysis from a Disabled Perspective
Davis – Constructing Normalcy
Davis – Diversity
Ellcessor, Hagood, & Kirkpatrick – Toward a Disability Media Studies
Garland-Thomson – Disability and Representation
Garland-Thomson – From Wonder to Error: A Genealogy of Freak Discourse in Modernity
Gill – Is the Future Disabled?
Mills – Technology
Ott – Prosthetics
Shakespeare – The Social Model of Disability
Smith – Enfreaking the Classic Horror Genre: Freaks
Smith – It’s Just a Movie
Smith – Role Models and Stereotypes
Tremain – Foucault, Governmentality, and Critical Disability Theory
Weeks 1-2 Recap
Weinstock – Introduction: Monsters are the Most Interesting People

The Bass Clan!