Autism in Film and Television: On the Island

Global awareness of autism has skyrocketed since the 1980s, and popular culture has caught on, with film and television producers developing ever more material featuring autistic characters. Autism in Film and Television brings together more than a dozen essays on depictions of autism, exploring how...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Austin-Smith, Brenda (Contributor) ; Becker, Christine (Contributor) ; Bell-Metereau, Rebecca (Contributor) ; Cipa, Matthew (Contributor) ; Clayton, Alex (Contributor) ; Hark, Ina Rae (Contributor) ; Hilsabeck, Burke (Contributor) ; Hopgood, Fincina (Contributor) ; Jacobs, Jason (Contributor) ; Lennard, Dominic (Contributor) ; Logan, Elliott (Contributor) ; McFarland, douglas (Contributor) ; Osteen, Mark (Contributor) ; Palmer, R. Barton 1946- (Contributor) ; Pomerance, Murray 1946- (Contributor) ; Sacco, Daniel (Contributor) ; Schulze, Joshua (Contributor) ; Varndell, Daniel (Contributor) ; Wilkins, Christina (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Subito Delivery Service: Order now.
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Austin University of Texas Press [2022]
In:Year: 2022
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Further subjects:B ART / Techniques / Generals
B Autism spectrum disorders Social aspects
B Film
B Autistic people
B autism and American culture
B Television studies
B Autism in motion pictures Social aspects
B People with Disabilities / SOCIAL SCIENCE
B Disability
B film studies
B Autism in motion pictures
B autism spectrum disorder
B Autistic artists
B autism spectrum
B autism, autism and the media, autism and American culture, autism and American media, neurodiversity, disability, autism spectrum disorder, autism spectrum, film, television studies, film studies
B PERFORMING ARTS / Generals
B Sociology / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Generals
B History & Criticism / PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video
B History & Criticism / Television / PERFORMING ARTS
B ART / Generals / History
B Autism on television
B Autism on television Social aspects
B Autism
B autism and the media
B neurodiversity
B autism and American media
Online Access: Cover (Publisher)
Table of Contents (Aggregator)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Description
Summary:Global awareness of autism has skyrocketed since the 1980s, and popular culture has caught on, with film and television producers developing ever more material featuring autistic characters. Autism in Film and Television brings together more than a dozen essays on depictions of autism, exploring how autistic characters are signified in media and how the reception of these characters informs societal understandings of autism. Editors Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer have assembled a pioneering examination of autism’s portrayal in film and television. Contributors consider the various means by which autism has been expressed in films such as Phantom Thread, Mercury Rising, and Life Animated and in television and streaming programs including Atypical, Stranger Things, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Community. Across media, the figure of the brilliant, accomplished, and “quirky” autist has proven especially appealing. Film and television have thus staked out a progressive position on neurodiversity by insisting on screen time for autism but have done so while frequently ignoring the true diversity of autistic experience. As a result, this volume is a welcome celebration of nonjudgmental approaches to disability, albeit one that is still freighted with stereotypes and elisions
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (336 p.), 19 b&w photos
ISBN:978-1-4773-2493-6
Access:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.7560/324912

Similar Items

more