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James Mcgrath

Naming Adult Autism

Culture, Science, Identity

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Naming Adult Autism is one of the first critiques of cultural and medical narratives of Autism to be authored by an adult diagnosed with this condition. Autism is a 'social disorder', defined by interactions and lifestyle. Yet, the expectations of normalcy against which Autism is defined have too rarely been questioned. This book demonstrates the value of the Humanities towards developing fuller understandings of Autistic adulthood, adapting theory from Adorno, Foucault and Butler.The chapters expose serious scientific limitations of medical assumptions that Autistic people are gifted at maths but indifferent to fiction. After interrogating s… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-78348-040-1
  • EAN: 9781783480401
  • Produktnummer: 18155758
  • Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 272 S.
  • Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.0 cm 575 g
  • Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 575

Über den Autor


Dr James McGrath is Senior Lecturer in Literature and Cultural Studies at Leeds Beckett University. His poems appear in various literary magazines. He has also published on popular music, particularly The Beatles and Joy Division

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