The Playground Model of Disability

This book coins the term dis/honesty to define the moments in which dishonesty is invoked by disability, and vice versa. The concept is explored via contemporary British sociocultural representations - namely, jokes, disability sitcom, soap opera, radio interviews, fictionalised observations, and the robotic positionality of AI.

David Bolt is Professor of Disability Studies and Interdisciplinarity, Programme Leader on the Disability Studies MA, and Director of the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies at Liverpool Hope University.

0.Prologue - The Games People Play: Disability, Dishonesty, and the Hopscotch of Hegemony. 1.Piggy in the Middle: The Gagging Order of Jokebooks. 2.Leapfrog: Ability, Disability, and Radio Sitcom. 3.Pile On: Street Life, Society, and Television Soap Opera. 4.Hide and Seek: Just Desertions from the Classic Radio Interview. 5.Blind Man's Bluff: Fictionalised Facts and Figures. 6.Robot Tick: Superficial-Artificial Intelligence. x.Epilogue - The Smashed Window Phase: Beyond the Hopscotch. of Hegemony