Disability in Wonderland - Health and Normativity in Speculative Utopias

Adult-directed utopian fiction has historically rejected depictions of persons with disabilities, underrepresenting a community that comprises an estimated 15% of the world's population. From the earliest stories of utopias written for and about children, however, persons with disabilities have been included in abundance, and are central to classic narratives like The Wizard of Oz and Winnie the Pooh. In a perfect world centered on children and their caretakers, these works argue, characters with a diverse range of bodies and minds must flourish. Spanning from Lewis Carroll's 1865 Alice in Wonderland to Jordan Peele's 2019 film Us, this examination of the wonderland demonstrates the role that bodily and neurological diversity plays in an ever-popular subgenre.

Sommario

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter

Crip Futurity and Literary Utopias真33

Chapter

Finding Criptopia in Baum's Oz Series真69

Chapter

Middle Era Wonderlands: A Turn to the Dark Side真94

Chapter

Alienation and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory真105

Chapter

Nostalgia, Fan Fiction, and the Wayward Children Series真117

Chapter

The Underland and the Rejection of the Medical Model of Disability真137

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Alice in the Underland真157

Conclusions真170

Chapter Notes真175

Works Cited真177

Index真191

Info autore

Amanda Martin Sandino is a lecturer in critical gender studies at the University of California, San Diego. The focus of her work looks at the intersections of futurity, disability, and fantasy.

Riassunto

Spanning from Lewis Carroll’s 1865 Alice in Wonderland to Jordan Peele’s 2019 film Us, this examination of the wonderland demonstrates the role that bodily and neurological diversity plays in an ever-popular subgenre.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Amanda Martin Sandino
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781476683034
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8303-4
• Pagine: 200
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Peso: 272 g
• Illustrazioni: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Disability: social aspects, Literature: history and criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Film history, theory or criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disability