Elizabeth Fein

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Living on the Spectrum: Autism and Youth in CommunityPaperback, 7 July 2020

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Part of Series
Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Pra
Print Length
304 pages
Language
English
Publisher
New York University Press
Date Published
7 Jul 2020
ISBN-10
1479889067
ISBN-13
9781479889068

Description

Honorable Mention, 2020 Stirling Prize for Best Published Work in Psychological Anthropology, given by the Society for Psychological Anthropology

*Honorable Mention, New Millennium Book Award, given by the Society for Medical Anthropology
*
How youth on the autism spectrum negotiate the contested meanings of neurodiversity

Autism is a deeply contested condition. To some, it is a devastating invader, harming children and isolating them. To others, it is an asset and a distinctive aspect of an individual's identity. How do young people on the spectrum make sense of this conflict, in the context of their own developing identity?

While most of the research on Asperger's and related autism conditions has been conducted with individuals or in settings in which people on the spectrum are in the minority, this book draws on two years of ethnographic work in communities that bring people with Asperger's and related conditions together. It can thus begin to explore a form of autistic culture, through attending to how those on the spectrum make sense of their conditions through shared social practices.

Elizabeth Fein brings her many years of experience in both clinical psychology and psychological anthropology to analyze the connection between neuropsychological difference and culture. She argues that current medical models, which espouse a limited definition, are ill equipped to deal with the challenges of discussing autism-related conditions. Consequently, youths on the autism spectrum reach beyond medicine for their stories of difference and disorder, drawing instead on shared mythologies from popular culture and speculative fiction to conceptualize their experience of changing personhood.

In moving and persuasive prose, Living on the Spectrum illustrates that young people use these stories to pioneer more inclusive understandings of what makes us who we are.

Product Details

Author:
Elizabeth Fein
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
7 July 2020
Dimensions:
22.61 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm
ISBN-10:
1479889067
ISBN-13:
9781479889068
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Weight:
471.74 gm

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