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Constructing Autism: Unravelling the 'Truth' and Understanding the Social book cover

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Constructing Autism Unravelling the 'Truth' and Understanding the Social

By Majia Holmer Nadesan Copyright 2005
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge
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Autism is now considered to be one of the most common developmental disorders today, yet 100 years ago the term did not exist. This book examines the historical and social events that enabled autism to be identified as a distinct disorder in the early twentieth century. The author, herself the mother of an autistic child, argues that although there is without doubt a... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Constructing Autism: The Dialectic of Biology and Culture, Nature and Mind 3. Psychiatric Niche Conditions 4. The History of Childhood: Ontologies, Institutional Divisions, Child Saving and Child Guidance 5. Psychological Discourses Construct Autism 6. Biogenetic Approaches Construct Autism 7. The Dialectics of Autism: Theorizing Autism, Performing Autism, Remediating Autism, and Resisting Autism 8. Directions in the Ontology of Personhood: The New Genetics, Genomics, and Opportunities for Somatic Subjects

Biography

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.

'Majia Holmer Nadesan...brings a welcome sociological and historical perspective to her thoughtful and thought-provoking survey of current controversies.' - Michael Fitzpatrick, GP

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