The Paratextual Labeling of Autistic-Authored YA Fiction as #OwnVoices: How YA Literary Culture Creates Space for Neurodivergent Authorship

The Paratextual Labeling of Autistic-Authored YA Fiction as #OwnVoices: How YA Literary Culture Creates Space for Neurodivergent Authorship

This essay considers the effect of #OwnVoices on autistic literary representation by analyzing how autistic authors use paratexts to prescribe for some readers ways of understanding autistic-authored texts while temporarily refraining from prescribing a particular method for others, allowing readers...

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Main Author: Jason Michael Abad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2021-06-01
Series:Disability Studies Quarterly
Subjects:
#ownvoices
autism
autistic authorship
literary representation
paratext
literary theory
Online Access:https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/7050

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