Description
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.
Author: Amanda Martin Sandino
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 05/01/2023
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.83w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9781476683034
ISBN10: 1476683034
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | People with Disabilities
- Literary Criticism | General
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
About the Author
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.