The government of disability in dystopian children's texts
The government of disability in dystopian children's texts:

"This book takes up the task of mapping discursive shifts in the representation of disability in dystopian youth texts across four historical periods where major social, cultural and political shifts were occurring in the lives of many disabled people. By focusing on dystopian texts, which the...

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1. Verfasser: Holdsworth, Dylan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland [2024]
Schriftenreihe:Critical approaches to children's literature
Schlagworte:
Behinderung > Motiv
Dystopie > Literatur
Kinderliteratur
Children's Literature
People with disabilities in literature
Dystopias in literature
Histoires pour enfants / Histoire et critique
Dystopies dans la littérature
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Zusammenfassung:"This book takes up the task of mapping discursive shifts in the representation of disability in dystopian youth texts across four historical periods where major social, cultural and political shifts were occurring in the lives of many disabled people. By focusing on dystopian texts, which the author argues act as sites for challenging or reinforcing dominant belief systems and ways of being, this study explores the potential of literature, film and television to act as a catalyst of change in the representation of disability. In addition, this work discusses the texts and technologies that continue to perpetuate questionable and often competing discourses on the subject." --
Chapter 5: 'A perversion of nature? How exciting!': Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (1990), the Freak, the Monster, and the Limits of Inclusion -- Genre and Scripts -- The Freak in Edward Scissorhands -- The Limits to Social Inclusion in Edward Scissorhands -- The Monster in Edward Scissorhands -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: 'Blind. Deaf. Disabled. Wheelchair': Community, History and Resistance in Jane Stemp's Waterbound (1995) -- Introduction -- Politics and Surveillance -- Histories -- Resistances -- Closure -- Chapter 7: 'This magic keeps me alive, but it's making me crazy!': Amputation, Madness, and Control in Adventure Time (2009-2018) -- Introduction -- Screening Disability in Adventure Time -- "I Don't Feel Anything": Finn, Trauma, and Prostheticisation -- "I'm Losing Myself": The Ice King and 'Madness' -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: "Loss is loss is loss": Embodying the Family-as-Trauma in Julianna Baggott's Pure (2012) -- Introduction -- Bodies and Power -- History as Disciplinary and Biopolitical Technique in Pure -- "I Wanted To Be Alive": Trauma, Physical Disability, and Bodily Autonomy in Pure -- "Purity Is a Burden": Resisting and Rejecting Purity -- Family-as-Trauma -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Legislation -- Index
Introduction: Worlds of Difference -- Disability in Literature, Film, and Television -- Texts for and About Children and Young Adults -- Discourse and Power -- Discipline and Bio-power -- Dystopia and Dis-topia -- Chapter Outline -- Bibliography -- Chapter 1: Goblin-ology: Eugenics and Hysterisation in George MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin (1872) -- Victorian Discourses of the Body -- Eugenics and the Goblins -- The Hysterisation of Irene and Grandmother -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: "Lonely, tender, passionate heart": Melancholy and Isolation in Dinah Mulock Craik's The Little Lame Prince and His Traveling Cloak (1875) -- Introduction -- Craik's Non-fiction -- Disability Politics, Moral, and Confinement -- Sentimentality, Melancholy, and Eugenics -- Revolution and Double Closure -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Building Beasties: Disability, Imperialism, and Violence in William Golding's Lord of the Flies (1954) -- Introduction -- Lord of the Flies -- Civilisation -- Imperialism and Religious Discourse -- Death and Sacrifice -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: On the Fringes: John Wyndham's The Chrysalids (1955) and Technologies of the Self -- Introduction -- Allegories and Faith-Based Politics -- Measuring Disability -- Policing, Surveillance, and Punishment -- Geography as Propaganda -- History as Propaganda -- Conclusion -- Bibliography
Beschreibung:xxxviii, 194 Seiten 22 cm
ISBN:9783031520334
3031520335
DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-52034-1

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