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Imagining autism : fiction and stereotypes on the spectrum /

"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 wha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loftis, Sonya Freeman, 1983-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The autistic detective: Sherlock Holmes and his legacy
  • The autistic savant: Pygmalion, Saint Joan, and the neurodiversity movement
  • The autistic victim: Of mice and men and Flowers for Algernon
  • The autistic gothic: To kill a mockingbird, The glass menagerie, and The sound and the fury
  • The autistic child narrator: Extremely loud and incredibly close and The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
  • The autistic label: diagnosing (and undiagnosing) The girl with the dragon tattoo
  • Afterword.