The Representation of Autistic Characters in the Fanfictions of "The Owl House"
Gifreu, Arnau (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Benites-Aquino, Jimena (Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC))
Sayan-Casquino, Yasmin (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Comunicació Audiovisual i Publicitat)

Título variante:	Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Fecha:	2024
Resumen:	Autistic characters in current TV series and films are not a realistic representation of autism. Thus, autistic people seek to see themselves reflected in alternative media, such as fanfiction. Hence, the main objective of this research is to analyze the representation of autistic characters in fanfiction. The technique of content analysis was used in 14 fanfictions of The Owl House on the Archive of Our Own platform. The categories of analysis are the representation of autism, fanfiction as an alternative space of representation and character development. The results show that the analyzed fanfic-tions include realistic representations of autism as most of their authors are autistic people and draw inspiration from their experiences. Realistic representations of autism are necessary to understand the autistic experience in fiction and to empathize with autistic people in real life.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Capítol de llibre ; recerca ; Versió definida a EGRETA: publishersversion
Materia:	Autism ; Fanfiction ; The Owl House ; Autism representation ; Media representation
Publicado en:	Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2024 (ICOMTA 2024), Num. 28 (2024) , p. 198-208

DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-596-6_18

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