VIRUS Band 11, pp. 011-026, 2020/07/23
Schwerpunkt: Behinderung(en)
This article intends to analyse the historical and current media representation patternsof people with disabilities by using a multidimensional approach. Pictures are used tospecify representations already described and enable a reference to the historicalconstruction of disability. Concepts of discourse, myths and identity are used as framesfor interpretation in the analysis of specific image documents of the early modernperiod up until today.
Keywords: disability, media representation, discourse, myth, identity, Austria, early modern period, Age of Enlightenment, normalism