Media Perceptions of the Rwandan Genocide
Researching Animation
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“Critically evaluate how representations of impairment are organised within an animated text of your choice?”
Throughout I will be discussing the representations of impairment in the hit US T.V. show, South Park (1997). I will be exploring the various notions of impairments within South Park (1997) throughout and the ways in which the impaired characters are being represented as a medium throughout. Furthering this I will be using an extensive bulk of primary and secondary research to add clarity and depth to my arguments on the representations of impairment throughout, the subject matter of impairment in animation is not necessarily a subject that has been studied in great depth, so for my research I will be studying, in depth, more socialist opinions, theories and ideologies of impairment and critically applying these notions critically and applicably to my chosen subject area. I will then be conclusive within my arguments by offering a resolution into the representations of the physically and mentally impaired throughout South Park (1997) in its entirety. Traditionally throughout television and cinema history the representations of disability have faced great deals of scrutiny and Sinicism as Norris describes; “disability in cinematic and televisual contexts has been co-opted too often into depictions of monstrousness, villainy, criminality and revenge” (Norris, 2008). It is these certain elements that have determined cinema in representations of disability in films such as; Edward scissor hands (1990) and Mask (1985) both films depicting triumph and overcoming disabilities, begin with objective monstrous isolation. It is this transgression of assumption in post-modern animation in which I will be discussing throughout and using South Park(1997) as a core text to reinforce my argument as a whole. “These images are constructed as a response to concerns about broader social perceptions of the physically disabled and once
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“Critically evaluate how representations of impairment are organised within an animated text of your choice?”
Throughout I will be discussing the representations of impairment in the hit US T.V. show, South Park (1997). I will be exploring the various notions of impairments within South Park (1997) throughout and the ways in which the impaired characters are being represented as a medium throughout. Furthering this I will be using an extensive bulk of primary and secondary research to add clarity and depth to my arguments on the representations of impairment throughout, the subject matter of impairment in animation is not necessarily a subject that has been studied in great depth, so for my research I will be studying, in depth, more socialist opinions, theories and ideologies of impairment and critically applying these notions critically and applicably to my chosen subject area. I will then be conclusive within my arguments by offering a resolution into the representations of the physically and mentally impaired throughout South Park (1997) in its entirety. Traditionally throughout television and cinema history the representations of disability have faced great deals of scrutiny and Sinicism as Norris describes; “disability in cinematic and televisual contexts has been co-opted too often into depictions of monstrousness, villainy, criminality and revenge” (Norris, 2008). It is these certain elements that have determined cinema in representations of disability in films such as; Edward scissor hands (1990) and Mask (1985) both films depicting triumph and overcoming disabilities, begin with objective monstrous isolation. It is this transgression of assumption in post-modern animation in which I will be discussing throughout and using South Park(1997) as a core text to reinforce my argument as a whole. “These images are constructed as a response to concerns about broader social perceptions of the physically disabled and once
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