{"product_id":"autism-and-gender-jordynn-jack-9780252038372","title":"Autism and Gender: From Refrigerator Mothers to Computer Geeks","description":"The reasons behind the increase in autism diagnoses have become hotly contested in the media as well as within the medical, scholarly, and autistic communities. Jordynn Jack suggests the proliferating number of discussions point to autism as a rhetorical phenomenon that engenders attempts to persuade through arguments, appeals to emotions, and representational strategies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAutism and Gender: From Refrigerator Mothers to Computer Geeks\u003c\/i\u003e, Jack focuses on the ways gender influences popular discussion and understanding of autism's causes and effects. She identifies gendered theories like the \"refrigerator mother\" theory, for example, which blames emotionally distant mothers for autism, and the \"extreme male brain\" theory, which links autism to the modes of systematic thinking found in male computer geeks. Jack's analysis reveals how people employ such highly gendered theories to craft rhetorical narratives around stock characters--fix-it dads, heroic mother warriors rescuing children from autism--that advocate for ends beyond the story itself while also allowing the storyteller to gain authority, understand the disorder, and take part in debates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutism and Gender \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the ways we build narratives around controversial topics while offering new insights into the ways rhetorical inquiry can and does contribute to conversations about gender and disability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jordynn Jack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252038371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252038372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/23\/2014 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2015 pg. 1594","brand":"Jordynn Jack","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086442311935,"sku":"9780252038372","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_390a5461-24a1-4b95-a105-87617313d894.jpg?v=1769094694","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/autism-and-gender-jordynn-jack-9780252038372","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}