Outputs (2)

Tragedy and Inspiration: The Epistemic Injustice of Stereotypical Media Representations of Disability (2023)
Book Chapter
Begon, J. (2023). Tragedy and Inspiration: The Epistemic Injustice of Stereotypical Media Representations of Disability. In C. Fox, & J. Saunders (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Media Ethics. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003134749-24

Media representations of disabled people are rare, and those that do exist are grounded in stereotypes, often falling into one of two standard narratives: tragic victim or inspirational Supercrip. The influence of such media representations on both o... Read More about Tragedy and Inspiration: The Epistemic Injustice of Stereotypical Media Representations of Disability.

Disability Through the Lens of Justice (2023)
Book
Begon, J. (2023). Disability Through the Lens of Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198875611.001.0001

When thinking about disability in the context of justice, our focus should not be on the ways in which people’s bodies and minds function differently. Instead, we should shift our focus to the limitations that this leads to – for particular people, i... Read More about Disability Through the Lens of Justice.