LEADER 04049nam 2200697 450 001 9910461171603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-253-01813-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000478073 035 $a(EBL)4004135 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001552298 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16171540 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001552298 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12799268 035 $a(PQKB)11146856 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4004135 035 $a(OCoLC)922283853 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse49275 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4004135 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11116684 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL832383 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000478073 100 $a20150505h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aImagining autism $efiction and stereotypes on the spectrum /$fSonya Freeman Loftis 210 1$aBloomington :$cIndiana University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-01800-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe autistic detective: Sherlock Holmes and his legacy -- The autistic savant: Pygmalion, Saint Joan, and the neurodiversity movement -- The autistic victim: Of mice and men and Flowers for Algernon -- The autistic gothic: To kill a mockingbird, The glass menagerie, and The sound and the fury -- The autistic child narrator: Extremely loud and incredibly close and The curious incident of the dog in the night-time -- The autistic label: diagnosing (and undiagnosing) The girl with the dragon tattoo -- Afterword. 330 $a"A disorder that is only just beginning to find a place in disability studies and activism, autism remains in large part a mystery, giving rise to both fear and fascination. Sonya Loftis's groundbreaking study turns to literary representations of autism or autistic behavior to discover what impact they have had on cultural stereotypes, autistic culture, and the identity politics of autism. Imagining Autism looks at literary characters (and an author or two) widely understood as autistic, ranging from Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Shaw's St. Joan, Steinbeck's Lennie Small, and Harper Lee's Boo Radley to Mark Haddon's boy detective Christopher Boone and Steig Larsson's Lisbeth Salander. The silent figure trapped inside himself, the savant made famous by his other-worldly intellect, the brilliant detective linked to the criminal mastermind by their common neurology--in these works characters on the spectrum become protean symbols, stand-ins for the chaotic forces of inspiration, contagion, and disorder. These powerful fictional depictions, Loftis argues, are also part of the imagined lives of the autistic, sometimes for good, sometimes threatening to undermine self-identity and the activism of the autistic community" --$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAutistic people in literature 606 $aIdentity (Psychology) in literature 606 $aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aStereotypes (Social psychology) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAutistic people in literature. 615 0$aIdentity (Psychology) in literature. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aStereotypes (Social psychology) 676 $a820.9/3561 700 $aLoftis$b Sonya Freeman$f1983-$0891964 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461171603321 996 $aImagining autism$91992060 997 $aUNINA