A Rethinking of Disability Representations in the SF Genre Narrative: Focusing on “A Quite Place”

This current article aims to analyze a popular narrative genre work that frames a disability as a lived experience, not as a simplistic symbol.To do so, drawing on a disability studies perspective, the article explores disability representations in the US-made SF film "A Quiet Place" (2018), directed by John Krasinski.The three research results emerged from applying Rosemarie Garland Thomson's misfit theory to A Quiet Place.To begin with, in the 'Misfit Space and Human Hunting Ground,' the disablement process by which the Abbot family struggles with the sudden appearance of the space monsters is configured as a misfit space.The misfit space constructed by the space monsters denies the family's basic needs and human rights.Second, in the 'Misfit/Fit Space and the Abbot House,' the Misfit/Fit becomes visible as a cross-place where the family's materialities and lived experiences are marginalized.Third, in the 'Fit Space and Underground Shelter,' the underground shelter of the family is embodied as a fit space that creates the adaptability and the richness of disability.The underground shelter provides the family with the resources to fight against the space monsters.Finally, the implications of such results are discussed.