Autism in Film and Television: On the Island
Murray Pomerance, "Autism in Film and Television: On the Island"
English | ISBN: 1477324917 | 2022 | 328 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 1477324917 | 2022 | 328 pages | PDF | 4 MB
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, The Bridge, Stranger Things
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