Del 0 - Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

Autism and Representation

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

AvUSA) Osteen, Mark (Loyola College,Mark Osteen

1 029 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Finns i fler format (1)

Inbunden

3 149 kr

Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

Autism, a neuro-developmental disability, has received wide but often sensationalistic treatment in the popular media. A great deal of clinical and medical research has been devoted to autism, but the traditional humanities disciplines and the new field of Disability Studies have yet to explore it. This volume, the first scholarly book on autism in the humanities, brings scholars from several disciplines together with adults on the autism spectrum to investigate the diverse ways that autism has been represented in novels, poems, autobiographies, films, and clinical discourses, and to explore the connections and demarcations between autistic and "neurotypical" creativity. Using an empathetic scholarship that unites professional rigor with experiential knowledge derived from the contributors’ lives with or as autistic people, the essays address such questions as: In what novel forms does autistic creativity appear, and what unusual strengths does it possess? How do autistic representations--whether by or about autistic people--revise conventional ideas of cognition, creativity, language, (dis)ability and sociability? This timely and important collection breaks new ground in literary and film criticism, aesthetics, psychology, and Disability Studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-04-29
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
Antal sidor316
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415806275

Tillhör följande kategorier

Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Autism and Representation: A Comprehensive Introduction Mark Osteen I. Clinical Constructions1. No Search, No Subject? Autism and the American Conversion Narrative James T. Fisher 2. Bruno Bettelheim, Autism, and the Rhetoric of Scientific Authority Katherine DeMaria Severson, James Arnt Aune, and Denise Jodlowski 3. Constructing Autism: A Brief Genealogy Majia Holmer Nadesan II. Autistry4. Autism and Modernism: A Genealogical Exploration Patrick McDonagh 5. Autism and the Imagination Bruce Mills 6. Fractioned Idiom: Poetry and the Language of Autism Kristina Chew 7. Imagination and Awareness of Self in Autistic Spectrum Poets Ilona Roth 8. Human, but More So: What the Autistic Brain Tells Us about the Process of Narrative Matthew K. Belmonte III. Autist Biography9. Crossing Over: Writing the Autistic Memoir Debra Cumberland 10. (M)Othering and Autism: Maternal Rhetorics of Self-Revision Sheryl Stevenson 11. Urinetown: A Chronicle of the Potty Wars Mark Osteen IV. Popular Representations12. Recognizing Jake: Contending with Formulaic and Spectacularized Representations of Autism in Film Anthony D. Baker 13. Hollywood and the Fascination of Autism Stuart Murray 14. Film as a Vehicle for Raising Consciousness among Autistic Peers Phil Schwarz 15. Alterity and Autism: Mark Haddon’s Curious Incident in the Neurological Spectrum James Berger 42516. Mark Haddon’s Popularity and Other Curious Incidents in My Life as an AutisticGyasi Burks-Abbott Conclusion: Toward an Empathetic Scholarship Mark Osteen ContributorsIndex

"Osteen focuses on contemporary writing, offering astute and sensitive appraisals of a wide range of novels, parental accounts and autobiographies." -- Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, Spiked "This book is an excellent resource for any scholar interested in disability studies and autism. It brings theory to bear on what may be called a cognitive disability, places the diagnosis of autism in a historical and cultural context, and addresses issues of representation (by self and other). The essays demonstrate, in their entirety, how wide the spectrum of what is being called autism is and alert us to the individuality of autistics." NYU Literature, Medicine and Arts Database