What is it about?
The paper looks at the representation of autism and the male human machine in the feminist science fiction text, He, She and It (1991) written by Marge Piercy.
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Why is it important?
The paper offers an original disability studies reading of Marge Piercy's text by drawing attention to her representation of the cyborg as a male human machine embodying the characteristics of autism.
Perspectives
The paper critiques Piercy's use of autism as a marker of lack for masculinity. I hope the critique will open up other sf texts that use autism as a image for damaged manhood or humanity for academic consideration.
Dr Susan Smith
Maplewell Hall School
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This page is a summary of: “Human Form Did Not Make A Human Creature”, Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, November 2017, Liverpool University Press,
DOI: 10.3828/jlcds.2017.33.
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