Disability in Wonderland: Health and Normativity in Speculative Utopias
Author:   Amanda Martin Sandino
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9781476683034


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 May 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Disability in Wonderland: Health and Normativity in Speculative Utopias


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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.

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Author:   Amanda Martin Sandino
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781476683034


ISBN 10:   1476683034
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 May 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction Chapter Crip Futurity and Literary Utopias  33 Chapter Finding Criptopia in Baum’s Oz Series  69 Chapter Middle Era Wonderlands: A Turn to the Dark Side  94 Chapter Alienation and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory  105 Chapter Nostalgia, Fan Fiction, and the Wayward Children Series  117 Chapter The Underland and the Rejection of the Medical Model of Disability  137 Chapter Alice in the Underland  157 Conclusions  170 Chapter Notes  175 Works Cited  177 Index  191

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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.

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