Frigerio, A., Benozzo, A., Holmes, R. et al. (1 more author) (2018) The doing and undoing of the “Autistic Child”: cutting together and apart interview-based empirical materials. Qualitative Inquiry, 24 (6). pp. 390-402. ISSN 1077-8004
Abstract
This article discusses how posthuman and new materialist theories afford us opportunities to rethink the production of the “autistic child,” drawing on a qualitative research project on parenthood in the context of childhood disability in Italy. We will put some Baradian’s key concepts (intra-action, agential cut and cutting together-apart) to work in glancing at the complexities we keep encountering when a mother, Arianna, describes her relationship with her daughter Laura. The aim of this article is twofold: first, to methodologically re-turn the production of the “autistic child,” and second, to rethink and unsettle the dichotomies that constitute some children as “disabled human beings,” abnormal, and undesirable.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. Alessandra Frigerio, Angelo Benozzo, Rachel Holmes, Katherine Runswick-Cole, The Doing and Undoing of the “Autistic Child”: Cutting Together and Apart Interview-Based Empirical Materials, Qualitative Inquiry. |
Keywords: | autism; posthuman; new materialism; cutting together-apart; interview |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Nov 2017 14:59 |
Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2023 10:40 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1077800417735132 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:124418 |