Dwarfism arts and advocacy : creating our own positive identity / edited by Erin Pritchard.

Leeds : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.

xiii, 172 pages ; 24 cm

First edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 167-172).

Introduction / Erin Pritchard -- Curating new perspectives: how my dwarfism led me to disability art / Amanda Cachia -- Little big woman: condescension--sculpting the oppositional gaze / Debra Keenahan -- Where are the creative opportunities for people with dwarfism lived experience in participatory arts funding? / Steph Robson -- It's behind you: how equity and an education made me more than just a suit filler / Alice Lambert and Erin Pritchard -- Midgitte Bardotte: using drag performance to challenge people's perceptions and attitudes of dwarfism / Tamm Reynolds and Erin Pritchard -- The path to success is long and winding: challenging stereotypes and fighting for disability equality in the entertainment industry / Danny Woodburn and Erin Pritchard -- Get the balance right: the change in how people with dwarfism are depicted from limited, damaging and negative to realistic, creative and positive / Simon Minty -- Creating our own path: the Easterseals disability film challenge / Nic Novicki and Erin Pritchard -- Dwarfism advocacy: a life tenure / Angela Muir Van Etten -- Exploring dwarfism representation in social media: intentionality and advocacy as a digital content creator / Kara B. Ayers -- Podcasts as a platform for advocacy / Jillian Curwin -- The patchwork representation we too often miss / Sam Drummond -- 'Would you befriend me, date me, hire me if I hadn't had my bones broken & stretched to look more like yours?' / Emily Sullivan Sanford -- Epilogue / Erin Pritchard.