Autism in Film and Television: On the Island

Media type: E-Book

Title: Autism in Film and Television : On the Island

Contributor: 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 [Contributor]; Palmer, R. Barton [Editor]; Pomerance, Murray [Contributor]; Pomerance, Murray [Editor]; Sacco, Daniel [Contributor]; Schulze, Joshua [Contributor]; Varndell, Daniel [Contributor]; Wilkins, Christina [Contributor]

Published: Austin: University of Texas Press, [2022]

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (336 p.); 19 b&w photos

Language: English

DOI: 10.7560/324912

ISBN: 9781477324936

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Keywords: Autism in motion pictures Social aspects ; Autism in motion pictures ; Autism on television Social aspects ; Autism on television ; Autism spectrum disorders Social aspects ; Autistic artists ; Autistic people ; PERFORMING ARTS / General ; 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

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Footnote: In English

Description: 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

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