Disfigured (eBook, ePUB)

On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

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A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022)Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty?If every disabled character is mocked and mistreated, how does the Beast ever imagine a happily-ever-after? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour and linking the quest for disability rights to new kinds of stories that celebrate difference."Historically we have associat...

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A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020
AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21
A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022)

Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty?

If every disabled character is mocked and mistreated, how does the Beast ever imagine a happily-ever-after? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour and linking the quest for disability rights to new kinds of stories that celebrate difference.

"Historically we have associated the disabled body image and disabled life with an unhappy ending Sue Carter, Toronto Star

"Leduc persuasively illustrates the power of stories to affect reality in this painstakingly researched and provocative study that invites us to consider our favorite folktales from another angle." Sara Shreve, Library Journal

"She [Leduc] argues that template is how society continues to treat the disabled: rather than making the world accessible for everyone, the disabled are often asked to adapt to inaccessible environments." Ryan Porter, Quill & Quire

"Read this smart, tenacious book." The Washington Post

"A brilliant young critic named Amanda Leduc explores this pernicious power of language in her new book, Disfigured ... Leduc follows the bread crumbs back into her original experience with fairy tales and then explores their residual effects ... Read this smart, tenacious book." The Washington Post

"Leduc investigates the intersection between disability and her beloved fairy tales, questioning the constructs of these stories and where her place is, as a disabled woman, among those narratives." The Globe and Mail

"It gave me goosebumps as I read, to see so many of my unexpressed, half-formed thoughts in print. My highlighter got a good workout." BookRiot

"Disfigured is not just an eye-opener when it comes to the Disney princess crew and the Marvel universe this thin volume provides the tools to change how readers engage with other kinds of popular media, from horror films to fashion magazines to outdated sitcom jokes." Quill & Quire

It's an essential read for anyone who loves fairy tales. Buzzfeed Books

"Leduc makes one thing clear and beautifully so fairy tales are fundamentally fantastic, but that doesn't mean that they are beyond reproach in their depiction of real issues and identities." Shrapnel Magazine

"As Leduc takes us through these fairy tales and the space they occupy in the narratives that we construct, she slowly unfolds a call-to-action: the claiming of space for disability in storytelling." The Globe and Mail

"A provocative beginning to a thoughtful and wide-ranging book, one which explores some of the most primal stories readers have encountered and prompts them to ponder the subtext situated there all along." LitHub

"a poignant and informative account of how the stories we tell shape our collective understanding of one another. BookMarks

"What happens when we allow disabled writers to tell stories of disability within fairytales and in magical and supernatural settings? It is a reimagining of the fairytale canon we need. Leduc dares to dream of a world that most stories envision is unattainable." Bitch Media

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Bewertung von Tessa

22.09.2021

Broschiertes Buch Leduc certainly makes a lot of interesting and important points, especially for those who, like me, haven't thought about disfigurement and disability and their presentation in media to such an extent. Her points on the social model of disability, where society needs to change to accommodate the … Mehr Leduc certainly makes a lot of interesting and important points, especially for those who, like me, haven't thought about disfigurement and disability and their presentation in media to such an extent. Her points on the social model of disability, where society needs to change to accommodate the disabled instead of the disabled doing everything in their power to fit society, are absolutely vital to hear for an able bodied person. Especially since society at large still doesn't act or even think that way. Disabled people aren't getting "special treatment" when there is a ramp for accessibility or an interpreter, it's quite simply exactly what is needed for them to be part of the action. It's insane how we as a society have managed to exclude so many people from so many things and whenever they get one stop closer to achieving equality people are like "okay, but do you deserve it? Have you killed yourself getting here? Are you worthy of having this same right? Do I need to make room for you, because if so then that is special treatment and I will not do it." As if we loose anything instead of gaining something. Anyway, like I said, Leduc asks a lot of interesting questions as well, includes some of her own medical history, what her parents and doctors thought, and she even includes some interviews with other disabled or disfigured folk, which was also super interesting and engaging. Like a lot of other reviewers said, I think this is a great book to start the conversation and to start thinking about how much the stories oh so far removed from reality still form our reality, but I think it's not without flaws. Leduc kinda moves the goalposts for her criticism whenever it fit her and while I mostly understood where she came from, it still frustrates a little when there would still be room for valid criticisms without having to move the goalposts. There are also some structural issues, I remember one time towards the end of the book she suddenly picks up a point she made at least 100 pages earlier, out of nowhere. I also think she sometimes overgeneralizes a little bit too much, she acts like disability is the only reason you get bullied in school, she heavily insinuates that trying to heal (in the real world) or having a magical cure for disability (in your book/movie) is inherently ableist and she kinda lost me on the whole superhero tangent. I think I even sometimes struggled with who or what exactly she characterizes as disabled or as a disability, because those definitions seemed to change as well. As other reviewers have pointed out Leduc focusses mostly on Ariel's lack of legs as her disability instead of her muteness, which didn't make much sense to me since Ariel was never supposed to have legs and she wasn't disabled in the environment she was born (and supposed to be) in. Overall I definitely think this is an important book that will hopefully start the important discussions we need to have to finally make our world(s) more inclusive. Weniger

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