User:Kyleighkimbrell/Game of thrones/Bibliography

Media Access Award and Disability Representation
Game of Thrones has been applauded (and criticized) for its representation of disability in the show. Its inclusion of disability won the Media Access Award in 2013 which is posted on George R. R. Martin's website but it is not mentioned on Wikipedia. I wish to not only include this accomplishment under the awards tab but to discuss the ways disability was represented through the eight seasons. Below is my bibliography of sources I have collected that detail the representation of disability in Game of Thrones and an explanation of how these sources will be represented.

Cook, Tanya N. “‘All Dwarfs Are Bastards’: Game of Thrones as Disability Studies Pedagogy.” Journal of fandom studies 7.1 (2019): 35–46. Web.

Annotation: This article specifically views Tyrion Lannister and how his disability was viewed as a stigmatized identity. Yet still, Tyrion Lannister is one of the most prominent characters in media to have dwarfism but he is not portrayed as a child or intellectually disabled like it is stereotypically done in other films. Having a character that appropriately represents people who have dwarfism is hardly done which is why this needs to be applauded in this article.

Donnelly, Colleen Elaine. “Re-Visioning Negative Archetypes of Disability and Deformity in Fantasy: Wicked, Maleficent, and Game of Thrones.” Disability Studies Quarterly 36.4 (2016): n. pag. Web.

Annotation: Alternatively, this article mentions how the show could have done better in representing people with disabilities. Like with Jaime Lannister and how his character changed after losing his hand, how he was morally emasculated just because he lost his hand and how other disabled characters were said to be unfit to be king (Tyrion, Jaime, Bran) just because of their disability.

Ellis, K. M. (2014). Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things: Disability in Game of Thrones. M/C Journal, 17(5). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.895 Kornhaber, Spencer. The Ethics of Hodor. The Atlantic, 2016, https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/05/the-ethics-of-hodor/484643/. Accessed April 24, 2022.

Annotation: This article written by K.M. Ellis focuses on an interview of Lauren S Mayer and her analysis of the ethics of disability in A Song of Ice and Fire which I have also included in this bibliography. Here she discusses Hodor’s character, who’s not mentioned in the wikipedia article but holds immense significance, and how George R. R. Martin doesn’t play into disability stereotypes.

George R. R. Martin. Media Access Award for Game of Thrones, 2013. https://georgerrmartin.com/media-access-award-for-game-of-thrones/. Access 29 April 2022.

Annotation: On his webpage, George R. R. Martin explains the importance of winning the Media Access Award and when they won it. They were notified of their nomination by Daniel Radcliff who said it was a natural fit.

Massie, Pascal J. and Mayer, Lauren S. (2014). Bringing Elsewhere Home: A Song of Ice and Fire’s Ethics of Disability. Studies in Medievalism XXIII. https://philpapers.org/archive/MASBEH.pdf

Annotation: This paper goes in detail of the ethics in regard to disability during medieval times and how it is represented in Game of Thrones. The authors note how unusual it is to have this amount of representation in a show and explain how each disability is represented in a different way than typical.

Ulaby, Neda. ‘Game of Thrones’ Finds Fans Among Disability Rights Activists, Too. NPR, 10 July 2016, https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/10/536052787/game-of-thrones-finds- Fans-among-disability-rights-activists-too. Accessed April 24, 2022.

Annotation: This NPR paper, with audio option, goes into personal reflections of people with disabilities who are watching Game of Thrones. They remark that while the show is hard to watch and at times predictable like when Bran gets super powers that the way that they represent disabilities has not been done before.

Kyleighkimbrell (talk) 03:50, 2 May 2022 (UTC)