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The Representation of Autistic Characters in the Fanfictions of “The Owl House”

Authors
Jimena Benites-Aquino1, *, Arnau Gifreu-Castells2, Yasmin Sayan-Casquino3
1Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Prolongacion Primavera, Santiago de Surco, 2390, Peru
2Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
3Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Prolongacion Primavera, Santiago de Surco, 2390, Peru
*Corresponding author. Email: u201712354@upc.edu.pe Email: julianbena24@gmail.com
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Jimena Benites-Aquino
Available Online 17 December 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-596-6_18How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Autism; fanfiction; The Owl House; autism representation; media representation
Abstract

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 fanfictions 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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2024 (ICOMTA 2024)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Publication Date
17 December 2024
ISBN
978-94-6463-596-6
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2667-128X
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-596-6_18How to use a DOI?
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© 2024 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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