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"The reasons behind the increase in autism diagnoses have become hotly contested in the media as well as within the medical, scholarly, and autistic communities. Jordynn Jack suggests the proliferating number of discussions point to autism as a rhetorical phenomenon that engenders attempts to p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jack, Jordynn, 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Temas:
Autism > Sex factors.
Autism in children > Etiology.
Sex factors in disease.
Children.
Autistic Disorder > etiology
Child
Sex Factors
Autisme > Facteurs sexuels.
Autisme infantile > Étiologie.
Maladies > Facteurs sexuels.
Enfants.
children (people by age group)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Autism's Gendered Characters
  • Chapter 1. Interpreting Gender: Refrigerator Mothers
  • Chapter 2. Performing Gender: Mother Warriors
  • Chapter 3. Presenting Gender: Computer Geeks
  • Chapter 4. Rehearsing Gender: Autism Dads
  • Chapter 5. Inventing Gender: Neurodiverse Characters
  • Conclusions: Gender, Character, and Rhetoric
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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