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UNINA9910450156103321 |
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Mont Daniel |
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A different kind of boy [[electronic resource] ] : a father's memoir about raising a gifted child with autism / / Daniel Mont |
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London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2002 |
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1-280-40782-4 |
9786610407828 |
1-84642-178-0 |
1-4175-5259-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (333 p.) |
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Autistic children - Care |
Autistic children - Education |
Parents of autistic children |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover Page; Of Related Interest; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; 1. A Fair-Haired Boy; 2. "You're a Father Now, Damn it!"; 3. The Wild Goose Chase; 4. A Different Sort of Boy; 5. Daycare; 6. An Addition to the Family; 7. Doors Opened and Closed; 8. "You Want to Do It!"; 9. Taking Turns; 10. "I Know, Mom, I Know"; 11. My Parents; 12. A Team; 13. Off the Charts; 14. The Evaluation; 15. "My Son, the Doctor"; 16. "Believe Me, They'd Have a Schedule!"; 17. An Integrated Classroom; 18. Crazy, Incomprehensible Rules; 19. Exhausted; 20. On the Town |
21. "That's Just Backwards Multiplication!"22. Frame of Reference; 23. Spreadable Fruit; 24. Diabetes; 25. Off to School; 26. Such a Bright Boy; 27. Mathematical Marvel; 28. Simon; 29. Careers; 30. "Daddy, Look What I Can Do!"; 31. "Don't Mourn for Us"; 32. Moving to DC; 33. New Kid on the Block; 34. Such Sensitive Children; 35. A Blessing; 36. Stamping Out Ambiguity; 37. Going Hazy; 38. Learning to Cope; 39. Black History Month; 40. Mr Hustle; 41. Front Page News; 42. Life; 43. Math Camp; 44. Connections Gained and Lost; 45. Graduation; 46. |
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Becoming Self-Aware; Epilogue |
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This is the story of an autistic boy who is also loving, brilliant and resilient. In this book, his father writes about the joys, fears, frustration, exhilaration, and exhaustion involved in raising his son. He writes about the impact on his family, the travails of navigating the educational system, and the lessons he has learned about life. |
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UNINA9910787408803321 |
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Autore |
Davis Amy M (Amy Michele) |
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Good girls and wicked witches : women in Disney's feature animation / / Amy M. Davis |
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Hertfordshire, England : , : John Libbey Publishing, , 2011 |
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©2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (467 p.) |
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Women in motion pictures |
Animated films |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1; Film as a Cultural Mirror; 2; A Brief History of Animation; 3; The Early Life of Walt Disney and the Beginnings of the Disney Studio, 1901-1937; 4; Disney Films 1937-1967: The "Classic" Years; 5; Disney Films 1967-1988: The "Middle" Era; 6; Disney Films 1989-2005: The "Eisner" Era; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Disney's full-length animated feature films; Appendix 2; Disney films analysed in this study, with plot summaries335; Appendix 3; Bibliography; Primary source materials; Secondary source materials; Appendix 4; Filmography336; Index; Endnotes |
IntoductionChapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Conclusion; Appendix 2; Appendix 4 |
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In Good Girls and Wicked Witches, Amy M. Davis re-examines the notion that Disney heroines are rewarded for passivity. Davis proceeds |
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from the assumption that, in their representations of femininity, Disney films both reflected and helped shape the attitudes of the wider society, both at the time of their first release and subsequently. Analyzing the construction of (mainly human) female characters in the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio between 1937 and 2001, she attempts to establish the extent to which these characterizations were shaped by wider popular stereotypes. Davis argues th |
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