Majia Holmer Nadesan

Constructing Autism (eBook, ePUB)

Unravelling the 'Truth' and Understanding the Social

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the historical and social events that enabled autism to be identified as a distinct disorder in the early twentieth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134355846
• Artikelnr.: 38247843

Autorenporträt

Majia Holmer Nadesan is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Arizona State University, USA. Her research addresses relationships across institutional forms, cultural practices and individual subjectivity.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Constructing autism
Chapter 3 Psychiatric niche conditions
Chapter 4 The history of childhood
Chapter 5 Psychological discourses construct autism
Chapter 6 Biogenetic approaches construct autism
Chapter 7 The dialectics of autism
Chapter 8 Directions in the ontology of personhood