Rose, MC;
Galbraith, PW;
Thomas-Parr, G;
(2024)
Stim culture: Outlining anime's appeal to the autistic community.
International Journal of Cultural Studies
10.1177/13678779241293159.
(In press).
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Abstract
This article explores how anime contributes to the creation of a culture that attracts autistic individuals and supports their lives. We identify three aspects that may explain why it becomes a special interest that is both deeply personal and widely shared: visual tactility, or animation stimming; layers, or moving through estranged worlds; and unmasking, or emerging neurocultures and languages. Tentatively presenting anime as ‘stim culture,’ we uncover new directions in autism and fan culture research.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Stim culture: Outlining anime's appeal to the autistic community |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/13678779241293159 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13678779241293159 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
| Keywords: | Japanese popular culture, neurodiversity, autism, disability, inclusion, media, fan cultures, subculture, anime |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10200676 |
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