Autism and Gender: From Refrigerator Mothers to Computer Geeks

Autism and Gender: From Refrigerator Mothers to Computer Geeks

PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press
About/SubjectAutism
Cover/Jacket Design byDavid Drummond
Cover photoDavid Drummond
Typeset byLisa Connery
Manufacturing byThomson-Shore, Inc.
Copyright HolderBoard Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationUrbana, Illinois; Chicago, Illinois; Springfield, Illinois
Copyright2014
Pages / Font306 pages / 10.25 / 13 ITC Baskerville Std
ISBN 13978-0-252-07989-4
Library of Congress Classification Number2013040756
Library of Congress Call NumberRC553.A88J327 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification Number616.85'882—dc23
Barcode9 780252 079894
Barcode9780252079894
EAN 590000
Printer's Key1 2 3 4 5 C P 5 4 3 2 1
ChaptersAcknowledgments - vii Introduction: Autism's Gendered Characters - 1 Chapter 1. Interpreting Gender: Refrigerator Mothers - 33 Chapter 2. Performing Gender: Mother Warriors - 64 Chapter 3. Presenting Gender: Computer Geeks - 105 Chapter 4. Rehearsing Gender: Autism Dads - 154 Chapter 5. Inventing Gender: Neurodiverse Characters - 181 Conclusions: Gender, Character, and Rhetoric - 215 Notes - 229 Bibliography - 255 Index - 287
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