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Stereotypically Autistic? : Autism Portrayals in Young Adult Fiction.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hesse, Eva Charlotte.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
ArchitekturDenken, Vol. 9: Der Wert der Oberfläche
Place of Publication:
Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2025.
Language Note:
In English.
Summary:
Fictional representations of autism hold immense power over social perception, and yet such portrayals often remain stereotypical and one-sided. Based on discourse theory, Eva Charlotte Hesse explores the origins of autism stereotypes with regard to ideas of normality and deviance, their impact on the lives of autistic individuals, and.
Contents:
Frontmatter
Editorial
Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Tables
Introduction
Short Summaries
A Theory on Characters
Larger and Lesser Than Life
Diagnosing Characters?
How Readers Recognise Concepts in Literature
Chasing a Phantom
Stereotypes and Knowledge
Stereotypes in Reading
Autism Stereotypes
Autism Stereotypes Portrayed in Fiction
Normality and Deviance
Discourses of the Public
Labelling
Deviance in Fiction - The London Eye Mystery
Deviance and Mental Health
Identification and Representation
Young Adult Fiction and Normality
'Realistic' and 'Good' Portrayals
Who Gets to Narrate Autism?
The Narrative of Theory of Mind - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
The Importance and Risks of Autism Narrative
The Medical Discourse of Autism
Diagnostic Criteria and Symptoms
Definitions of Autism in Fiction
High- and Low-functioning?
Masking and Camouflaging
Masking and Camouflaging in Autism Portrayals
Narrating Autism
Visual Rhetoric and Semiotics
Pragmatics
Pragmatic Competence and Deviance in Autism Portrayals
Unreliable Narrators?
Niches, Genres, and Roles - Trueman Bradley
Conclusion
Appendices
Literary Works
Index
Notes:
This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
3-8394-2801-7
OCLC:
1545806952

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