Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Conventions PART I. REPRESENTATION OF DISABILITY: Past and Present Perspectives CHAPTER 1. Theorizing Disability CHAPTER 2. Media and Disability PART II. REFRAMING DISABILITY IN THE IMAGINED WORLD OF MANGA CHAPTER 3. Portrayals of Deaf Characters CHAPTER 4. Gender and the Wheelchair CHAPTER 5. Narratives of Blindness CHAPTER 6. Heterogeneity of Autism CHAPTER 7. Gender Identity Disorder/Gender Dysphoria Afterword Appendix. Manga Mentioned in This Book Notes References Index