Counter-cartographies : neurodivergence and the errancies of performance /
What if we embraced neurodivergent ways of being not as deviations to be corrected but as vital ways of inhabiting the world? What new realities might emerge? Bringing a much-needed humanistic perspective to the study of autism and other forms of neurodivergence, Counter-cartographies offers a bold...
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| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
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| Summary: | What if we embraced neurodivergent ways of being not as deviations to be corrected but as vital ways of inhabiting the world? What new realities might emerge? Bringing a much-needed humanistic perspective to the study of autism and other forms of neurodivergence, Counter-cartographies offers a bold reimagining of neurological difference, moving beyond rigid diagnostic frameworks to uncover more expansive, generative modes of existence. Engaging the work of Fernand Deligny to trace how modern taxonomies of neurodivergence have hardened over time, Leon J. Hilton questions how these categories might instead serve as tools for remapping the world with neurodivergence at its center. At the heart of Counter-cartographies is an exploration of performance and performativity that reveals how the norm of neurotypical reality is continually reinforced through acts of doing, redoing and undoing. Charting the historical shift away from "mind" and toward "brain" and moving fluidly across disciplines, from digital art and documentary cinema to cybernetics and radical mental health movements, Hilton illuminates the deep interconnections between performance, perception and the historical construction of the "neurotypical." Through close readings of works by William Pope.L, Mel Baggs, Wu Tsang and others, Hilton also examines how neurodivergence has been represented, embodied and materialized in contemporary art and media. Restless, engrossing and persistently attuned to moments of rupture when the neurotypical order falters, Counter-cartographies charts a path toward a more capacious, imaginative world. |
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| Physical Description: | 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1517909023 9781517909024 1517909031 9781517909031 |