Autism and Representation

Abstract

Autism and Representation: A Comprehensive Introduction Mark Osteen I. Clinical Constructions 1. No Search, No Subject? Autism and the American Conversion Narrative James T. Fisher 2. Bruno Bettelheim, Autism, and the Rhetoric of Scientific Authority Katherine DeMaria Severson, James Arnt Aune, and Denise Jodlowski 3. Constructing Autism: A Brief Genealogy Majia Holmer Nadesan II. Autistry 4. Autism and Modernism: A Genealogical Exploration Patrick McDonagh 5. Autism and the Imagination Bruce Mills 6. Fractioned Idiom: Poetry and the Language of Autism Kristina Chew 7. Imagination and Awareness of Self in Autistic Spectrum Poets Ilona Roth 8. Human, but More So: What the Autistic Brain Tells Us about the Process of Narrative Matthew K. Belmonte III. Autist Biography 9. Crossing Over: Writing the Autistic Memoir Debra Cumberland 10. (M)Othering and Autism: Maternal Rhetorics of Self-Revision Sheryl Stevenson 11. Urinetown: A Chronicle of the Potty Wars Mark Osteen IV. Popular Representations 12. Recognizing Jake: Contending with Formulaic and Spectacularized Representations of Autism in Film Anthony D. Baker 13. Hollywood and the Fascination of Autism Stuart Murray 14. Film as a Vehicle for Raising Consciousness among Autistic Peers Phil Schwarz 15. Alterity and Autism: Mark Haddon's Curious Incident in the Neurological Spectrum James Berger 425 16. Mark Haddon's Popularity and Other Curious Incidents in My Life as an Autistic Gyasi Burks-Abbott Conclusion: Toward an Empathetic Scholarship Mark Osteen Contributors Index