Pretending to be a normal human being: Peep Show , sitcom, and the momentary invocation of disability
2016; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 31; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/09687599.2016.1203292
ISSN1360-0508
Autores Tópico(s)Gender, Feminism, and Media
ResumoThis interdisciplinary article presents research about the place of disability in the British sitcom Peep Show, whose 54 episodes span more than a decade in their transmission (2003–2015). The methodology of critical discourse analysis is employed to probe the relationship between casual word choice and broader themes such as normalcy, humour, and social attitudes. This analysis is informed by classic and new work in cultural disability studies, as well as by work in literary studies and television studies. The conclusion is that, despite its apparent irrelevance to disability studies, Peep Show reveals much about conversational invocations of disability.
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