Finding Becky: How Disability Erasure in Play Reflects and Influences Reality

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Karin Hitselberger

Keywords

Representation, popular culture, social model, Barbie dolls, toys

Abstract

This blog post examines the personal impact of disability representation in children’s toys, and explores how the story of a two decade old, discontinued, disabled doll mirrors the experiences of disabled people in society today.

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Published
September 1, 2017

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Issue
Vol. 13 No. 3 (2017): Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, Volume 13, Issue 3
Section
Creative Works

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Author Biography

Karin Hitselberger

Karin Hitselberger is an internationally known and award-winning blogger who focuses on the intersection of popular culture and disability. She blogs at www.claimingcrip.com, she is deeply interested in how representations of disability in media and popular culture influence the psychosocial well-being of disabled people. Hitselberger received her BS Communication Studies and BS Religious Studies, University of Miami PG Dip. Disability Studies, University of Leeds.