TY  - GEN
T1  - Imagining autism : fiction and stereotypes on the spectrum
A1  - Loftis, Sonya Freeman, 1983-
LA  - English
PP  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
YR  - 2015
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn922283853
AB  - "A disorder that is only just beginning to find a place in disability studies and activism, autism remains in large part a mystery, giving rise to both fear and fascination. Sonya Loftis's groundbreaking study turns to literary representations of autism or autistic behavior to discover what impact they have had on cultural stereotypes, autistic culture, and the identity politics of autism. Imagining Autism looks at literary characters (and an author or two) widely understood as autistic, ranging from Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Shaw's St. Joan, Steinbeck's Lennie Small, and Harper Lee's Boo Radley to Mark Haddon's boy detective Christopher Boone and Steig Larsson's Lisbeth Salander. The silent figure trapped inside himself, the savant made famous by his other-worldly intellect, the brilliant detective linked to the criminal mastermind by their common neurology--in these works characters on the spectrum become protean symbols, stand-ins for the chaotic forces of inspiration, contagion, and disorder. These powerful fictional depictions, Loftis argues, are also part of the imagined lives of the autistic, sometimes for good, sometimes threatening to undermine self-identity and the activism of the autistic community"--
CN  - PN3426.A87 L64 2015eb
SN  - 9780253018137
SN  - 0253018137
SN  - 9780253018007
KW  - Stereotypes (Social psychology)
KW  - English drama : 20th century : History and criticism.
KW  - American drama : 20th century : History and criticism.
KW  - American fiction : History and criticism.
KW  - English fiction : History and criticism.
KW  - Identity (Psychology) in literature.
KW  - Autistic people in literature.
KW  - Medicine in literature.
KW  - Autistic Disorder
KW  - Medicine in Literature
KW  - Autism Spectrum Disorder
KW  - Stereotyping
KW  - Stéréotypes.
KW  - Théâtre anglais : 20e siècle : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Théâtre américain : 20e siècle : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Roman américain : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Roman anglais : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
KW  - Autistes dans la littérature.
KW  - Médecine dans la littérature.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : People with Disabilities.
KW  - Medicine in literature
KW  - American drama
KW  - American fiction
KW  - Autistic people in literature
KW  - English drama
KW  - English fiction
KW  - Identity (Psychology) in literature
KW  - Amerikansk litteratur : historia.
KW  - Engelsk litteratur : historia.
KW  - Autism i litteraturen.
KW  - Identitet (psykologi) i litteraturen.
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -