Apocalyptic disability: mass disability and fear in apocalyptic narratives

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dc.contributor.authorColeman, Annah
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeToles, George (English, Theatre, Film and Media)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeHansen, Nancy (Disability Studies)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorWarne, Vanessa (English, Theatre, Film, and Media)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-02T16:19:35Z
dc.date.available2020-09-02T16:19:35Z
dc.date.copyright2020-08-27
dc.date.issued2020-06en_US
dc.date.submitted2020-08-27T23:00:53Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineEnglish, Film and Theatreen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractDepictions of a mass onset of sensory disability have become a recent trend in popular apocalyptic narratives. Bird Box (2018), directed by Susanne Bier, Blindness (2008), directed by Fernando Meirelles, and Perfect Sense (2011), directed by David Mackenzie, all portray an apocalypse of disability. Likewise, H.G. Wells’ story “The Country of the Blind” and the television show See (2019), directed by Francis Lawrence, depict post-apocalyptic societies of disability. These narratives amplify fears of the body: bodily vulnerability and bodily inadequacy, as well as fears of disability: of gaining a disability and of proximity to disability. Narratives that depict the onset of disability as a catastrophic, apocalyptic event rely on, and generate, fears of becoming disabled. A critical lens of disability theory offers a way to study fears of disability and to recognize the social repercussions of these narratives.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2020en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/34936
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectDisabilityen_US
dc.subjectFilmen_US
dc.subjectApocalyptic narrativesen_US
dc.subjectFear of disabilityen_US
dc.subjectRepresentations of disabilityen_US
dc.subjectBlindnessen_US
dc.subjectBird boxen_US
dc.subjectPerfect senseen_US
dc.subjectThe country of the blinden_US
dc.subjectPandemicsen_US
dc.subjectApocalypse of disabilityen_US
dc.titleApocalyptic disability: mass disability and fear in apocalyptic narrativesen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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