Type of Document Dissertation Author Trice, Natalie Collins Author's Email Address ntrice1@student.gsu.edu, ntrice@langate.gsu.edu, tricen@bellsouth.net URN etd-04162008-153945 Title Reading Autistic Experience Degree Ph.D. Department English Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Margaret Mills Harper Committee Chair Calvin Thomas Committee Member Nancy Chase Committee Member Keywords
- Jacques Lacan
- Donna Haraway
- Julia Kristeva
- Non-fiction
- Jacques Derrida
- Fiction
- Thick Description
- Clifford Geertz
- Developmental Disability
- Cognitive Disability
- Disability Studies
- Autism
Date of Defense 2008-04-15 Availability unrestricted Abstract Within the field of Disability Studies, research on cognitive and developmental disabilities is relatively rare in comparison to other types of disabilities. Using Clifford Geertz's anthropological approach, "thick description," autism can be better understood by placing both fiction and non-fiction accounts of the disorder into a larger theoretical context. Applying concepts from existing works in Disability Studies to the major writings of Jacques Derrida, Julia Kristeva, Jacques Lacan, and Donna Haraway also proves to be mutually enlightening. This ethnographic approach within the context of analysis of literary texts provides a model by which representations of individuals who are cognitively or developmentally disabled can be included in the academy.Files
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