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Temple Grandin and the Mediation of Autism Debates at the Interface between Life Writing and the Life Sciences
American Studies – A Monograph Series, Bd. 313
2021
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Abstract
Since its first official mentioning in 1943, autism spectrum disorder has proven to be a much-discussed yet seemingly unfathomable object of investigation by numerous disciplinary fields that have sought to understand the condition from multiple lenses and vied for their respective power of interpretation. This book explores the representation of autism in medical, popular, and literary discourses. Focusing on the works of Temple Grandin, it understands her oeuvre as a prism for refracting perspectives that have taken a stand on the question and definition of autism in past and contemporary debates. It further illuminates the crucial interconnection between life sciences and life writing, which goes far beyond the example of autism and demonstrates how central it is to bridge the divide between the life sciences and the humanities. Such an interdisciplinary dialogue, this book proposes, can lead to a significant advancement of knowledge about autism and other forms of neurodiversity.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
| Zwischenüberschrift | Seite | Aktion | Preis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Titel | III | ||
| Imprint | IV | ||
| Table of Contents | VII | ||
| Acknowledgments | IX | ||
| Preface | XI | ||
| 1 Introduction | 1 | ||
| 2 Framing Autism | 27 | ||
| 2.1 Autism as a Narrative Condition | 27 | ||
| 2.2 The Medical Model of Autism | 32 | ||
| 2.3 The Social Model of Autism | 46 | ||
| 3 (Re)Writing Autism | 55 | ||
| 3.1 The Emergence of ‚Autie‘-Biographies | 55 | ||
| 3.2 Phenomenology and Autobiographical Narration | 64 | ||
| 3.3 Temple Grandin and the Inconceivability of Autistic Life Writing | 70 | ||
| 3.3.1 “But You Can’t be Autistic”: On Diagnosis and Scientific Authenticators | 76 | ||
| 3.3.2 Medical Orientalism | 86 | ||
| 3.3.3 Autistic Symptomatology and Theory of Mind | 91 | ||
| 3.3.4 Autism “Recovery” and Collaborative Authorship | 98 | ||
| 3.4 “Autistic” Communication, Sensory Issues, and Other Misunderstandings | 109 | ||
| 3.5 A Plea for Subjectivity and Anecdotal Evidence | 140 | ||
| 4 Mediating Autism | 155 | ||
| 4.1 Normal…or Pathological? | 155 | ||
| 4.2 Temple Grandin as ‚Diplomautist‘ | 158 | ||
| 4.3 Mediating Notions of Cure | 173 | ||
| 4.4 On Autistic Capabilities and Narrative Representativity | 184 | ||
| 4.5 Blurring the Lines | 197 | ||
| 4.6 Moving from Offline to Online Spaces: Imagining a Future of Autism and Autistic Life Writing | 210 | ||
| 4.7 The Inclusion of Researchers with Autism | 229 | ||
| 5 Doing the “Interdisciplinary Dance” | 237 | ||
| 5.1 Autism and the Neurosciences | 237 | ||
| 5.2 Neurologizing Difference: Brain (Images) and Identity | 240 | ||
| 5.3 The Trouble with Scientific Objectivity | 251 | ||
| 5.4 Why the Life Sciences and Humanities Have to Come Together | 263 | ||
| 6 Conclusion | 273 | ||
| Works Cited | 289 | ||
| Backcover | Backcover |
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