Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1068268 ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research / Revue Européenne de Recherche sur le Handicap 2010 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
After outlining briefly the type of analysis used in this note-i.e. the semiotics inspired from the linguist Hjelmslev-the description according to four levels of significance of the photo taken-and set up-by Bob Martin underlines its strong ambiguity. The third level of analysis of the double truncated body isolated within a frame that is itself fractionated particularly reveals the artificial way in which the scene is set. Finally, it leads to the interpretation that this photo stands between a stigmatisation-which dominates from our point of view-and a valorisation of the amputated body.
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