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Autism and Gender : From Refrigerator Mothers to Computer Geeks /

"The CDC estimates that 1 in 110 children in the US have an autism spectrum disorder, and over the last decade the cause of autism has become a highly contested topic in the media as well within medical, scholarly, and autistic communities. Speculation about why and how a growing number of peop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jack, Jordynn, 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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