Disability Identity in Simulation Narratives Hardback
by Anelise Haukaas
Part of the Literary Disability Studies series
Hardback
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Disability Identity in Simulation Narratives considers the relationship between disability identity and simulation activities (ranging from traditional gameplay to more revolutionary technology) in contemporary science fiction.
Anelise Haukaas applies posthumanist theory to an examination of disability identity in a variety of science fiction texts: adult novels, young adult literature and comics, as well as ethnographic research with gamers.
Haukaas argues that instead of being a means of escapism, simulated experiences are a valuable tool for cultivating self-acceptance and promoting empathy.
Through increasingly accessible technology and innovative gameplay, traditional hierarchies are dismantled, and different ways of being are both explored and validated.
Ultimately, the book aims to expand our understandings of disability, performance, and self-creation in significant ways by exploring the boundless selves that the simulated environments in these texts allow.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:189 pages, XIII, 189 p.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:15/12/2023
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- ISBN:9783031444814
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:189 pages, XIII, 189 p.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:15/12/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9783031444814
