RT Book
T1 Autism in Film and Television: On the Island
A2 Austin-Smith, Brenda
A2 Becker, Christine
A2 Bell-Metereau, Rebecca
A2 Cipa, Matthew
A2 Clayton, Alex
A2 Hark, Ina Rae
A2 Hilsabeck, Burke
A2 Hopgood, Fincina
A2 Jacobs, Jason
A2 Lennard, Dominic
A2 Logan, Elliott
A2 McFarland, douglas
A2 Osteen, Mark
A2 Palmer, R. Barton 1946-
A2 Palmer, R. Barton 1946-
A2 Pomerance, Murray 1946-
A2 Pomerance, Murray 1946-
A2 Sacco, Daniel
A2 Schulze, Joshua
A2 Varndell, Daniel
A2 Wilkins, Christina
LA English
PP Austin
PB University of Texas Press
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1806268752
AB 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
OP 336
CN PN1995.9.A845
SN 978-1-4773-2493-6
K1 Autism in motion pictures : Social aspects
K1 Autism in motion pictures
K1 Autism on television : Social aspects
K1 Autism on television
K1 Autism spectrum disorders : Social aspects
K1 Autistic artists
K1 Autistic people
K1 PERFORMING ARTS / General
K1 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
DO 10.7560/324912