04026nam a22005895i 4500 978-3-031-44482-1 DE-He213 20251030110853.0 cr nn 008mamaa 231214s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031444821 978-3-031-44482-1 10.1007/978-3-031-44482-1 doi PN695-779 DSBH bicssc LIT024000 bisacsh DSBH thema Haukaas, Anelise. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 68206 Disability Identity in Simulation Narratives [electronic resource] / by Anelise Haukaas. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIII, 189 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Literary Disability Studies, 2947-7417 1. Introduction Other Worlds, Other Selves: Moving Beyond Escapism -- 2. ‘Everyone’s a Composite’: Rethinking Three of Cyberpunk’s Overlooked Women Writers as Posthumanists -- 3. The Performing Wiggin Siblings: Reading Ender’s Game through Disability Theory -- 4. The Threat of Silence in Mark Alpert’s Dystopian Simulation -- From Memes to Comics: Virtual Embodiment in Visual Rhetoric -- 5. The Player and the Avatar: Performing as Other -- 6. Learning Through Play: An Inclusive Pedagogy for the 21st Century -- 7. Conclusion The Augmented Self: Rethinking Virtual Simulation and Disability. 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. Anelise Haukaas is an Assistant Professor of English at the College of Coastal Georgia, USA, as well as the faculty advisor of Seaswells, the art and literary magazine. Her research interests include genre fiction, disability studies, folklore and mythology, popular culture, and new media. Literature, Modern 20th century. Literature, Modern 21st century. 66700 Performing arts. 67607 Theater. 66691 Games. 66570 People with disabilities Education. 67591 Contemporary Literature. 66702 Theatre and Performance Arts. 67611 Games Studies. 66572 Education and Disability. 67592 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031444814 Printed edition: 9783031444838 Printed edition: 9783031444845 Literary Disability Studies, 2947-7417 68207 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44482-1 ZDB-2-LCM ZDB-2-SXL 56808 56808