Anders, Petra. ‘More than the ‘Other’?: On Four Tendencies Regarding the Representation of Disability in Contemporary German Film (2005-2010), in Benjamin Fraser (ed.), Cultures of Representation: Disability in World Film Contexts (Wallflower Press, 2016), pp. 141–156

This contribution to Benjamin Fraser’s book ‘Cultures of Representation: Disability in World Film Contexts’ gives an informed overview on certain tendencies of the representation of disability in contemporary German feature film.

The representation of disability in German feature film is a topic which will become important in the future. This text can be used to give students a good first impression of a rather complex subject. They can discuss disability as well as film.