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The Government of Disability in Dystopian Children's Texts
About this book
This book takes up the task of mapping discursive shifts in the representation of disability in dystopian youth texts across four historical periods where major social, cultural and political shifts were occurring in the lives of many disabled people. By focusing on dystopian texts, which the author argues act as sites for challenging or reinforcing dominant belief systems and ways of being, this study explores the potential of literature, film and television to act as a catalyst of change in the representation of disability. In addition, this work discusses the texts and technologies that continue to perpetuate questionable and often competing discourses on the subject.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Goblin-ology: Eugenics and Hysterisation in George MacDonaldâs The Princess and the Goblin (1872)
- 2. âLonely, tender, passionate heartâ: Melancholy and Isolation in Dinah Mulock Craikâs The Little Lame Prince and His Traveling Cloak (1875)
- 3. Building Beasties: Disability, Imperialism, and Violence in William Goldingâs Lord of the Flies (1954)
- 4. On the Fringes: John Wyndhamâs The Chrysalids (1955) and Technologies of the Self
- 5. âA perversion of nature? How exciting!â: Tim Burtonâs Edward Scissorhands (1990), the Freak, the Monster, and the Limits of Inclusion
- 6. âBlind. Deaf. Disabled. Wheelchairâ: Community, History and Resistance in Jane Stempâs Waterbound (1995)
- 7. âThis magic keeps me alive, but itâs making me crazy!â: Amputation, Madness, and Control in Adventure Time (2009â2018)
- 8. âLoss is loss is lossâ: Embodying the Family-as-Trauma in Julianna Baggottâs Pure (2012)
- Back Matter