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"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…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2015Indiana University Press · 208 pages · 9780253018007
- Other · English · 2015Indiana University Press · 208 pages · 9780253018137
- Other · English · 2015Indiana University Press · 9780253018106
Literature, history and criticismAutistic people in literatureStereotypes (Social psychology)History and criticismAmerican dramaEnglish dramaEnglish fictionAmerican fiction