Naming adult autism : culture, science, identity by McGrath, James, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Picking up the mirror: Enfreaking normalcyThe infantilizing of adult autism in diagnostic observations; Autism and disorder: Foucault, confinement and cultural fear; The screen as mirror: Ricky Gervais's The Office (UK) and the neurotypical gaze; Post-Curious: Adult autism as cultural spectacle in Big Bang Theory and The Accountant; Conjecturing otherness: Autism, metaphor and metonymy; Lost in the mirror metaphor: Challenging the myth of autistic narcissism; The broken metaphor: 'Mirror neuron' theory and the normative stare…”
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