Disability studies and Asian cinema : still better off without disability.

• Main Author: Low, Crystal Hui Wen.
• Other Authors: Brian Keith Bergen-Aurand
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Film theory and criticism
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/41584
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Oasis (2002) and Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003) are two 21st century independent Asian films that have won multiple awards at international levels for their treatment and portrayal of disability. Many critics have applauded the films for helping one “look at the assumptions and prejudices of t...