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Cultural locations of disability /
In Cultural Locations of Disability, Sharon L. Snyder and David T. Mitchell trace how disabled people came to be viewed as biologically deviant. The eugenics era pioneered techniques that managed "defectives" through the application of therapies, invasive case histories, and acute surveill...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Cultural Locations of Disability, Sharon L. Snyder and David T. Mitchell trace how disabled people came to be viewed as biologically deviant. The eugenics era pioneered techniques that managed "defectives" through the application of therapies, invasive case histories, and acute surveillance techniques, turning disabled persons into subjects for a readily available research pool. In its pursuit of normalization, eugenics implemented disability regulations that included charity systems, marriage laws, sterilization, institutionalization, and even extermination. Enacted in enclosed d. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226767307 0226767302 1282679325 9781282679320 9786612679322 6612679328 |