Gerald O'Brien

Framing the moron

The social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era

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Produktbeschreibung

Framing the moron details the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric employed by the American eugenic movement during the early twentieth century, which led to tens of thousands of innocent people being involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated. -- .

Produktdetails

• Disability History
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780719087097
• ISBN-10: 0719087090
• Artikelnr.: 37328943

Autorenporträt

Gerald V. O'Brien is a Professor of Social Work at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Metaphors and the dehumanisation of marginalised groups 2.
The organism metaphor: the moron as a diseased entity 3. The animal
metaphor: the moron as an atavistic subhuman 4. The war and natural
catastrophe metaphor: the moron as an enemy force 5. The religious and
altruistic metaphors: the moron as an immoral sinner and an object of
protection 6. The object metaphor: the moron as a poorly functioning human
7. Conclusion Bibliography Index