Disability in Wonderland

Health and Normativity in Speculative Utopias

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by Amanda Martin Sandino

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Fantasy

Keywords

fantasy, disability, sociology

Publishing date

2023

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 200 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4766-8303-4

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Book Presentation:
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.

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.

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