{"product_id":"autism-in-film-and-television","title":"Autism in Film and Television","description":"\u003cp\u003eGlobal 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. \u003ci\u003eAutism in Film and Television\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEditors 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 \u003ci\u003ePhantom Thread,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMercury Rising\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife Animated\u003c\/i\u003e and in television and streaming programs including \u003ci\u003eAtypical\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStranger Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: The Next Generation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCommunity\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249144385880,"sku":"9781477324929","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781477324929.jpg?v=1778821257","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/autism-in-film-and-television","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}