{"product_id":"autism-in-film-and-television-on-the-island-9781477324929","title":"Autism in Film and Television: On the Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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. \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\u003e 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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Murray Pomerance is an adjunct professor in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Melbourne, and author or editor of dozens of books, including \u003ci\u003eEdge of the Screen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e R. Barton Palmer is an independent scholar and formerly Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University, where he was the founding director of the World Cinema program. He has coedited multiple volumes, including \u003ci\u003eCycles, Sequels, Spin-offs, Remakes, and Reboots: Multiplicities in Film and Television\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51175293681938,"sku":"9781477324929","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cf73d63b-186f-4cc0-8a87-0abc034c0568.jpg?v=1744290969","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/autism-in-film-and-television-on-the-island-9781477324929","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}