Framing the Moron: The Social Construction of Feeble-Mindedness in the American Eugenic Era - Couverture rigide

O'Brien, Gerald

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719087090 ISBN 13 : 9780719087097

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Many people are shocked upon discovering that tens of thousands of innocent persons in the United States were involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated within the course of the eugenic movement (1900-30). Such social control efforts are easier to understand when we consider the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric propagandists invoke to frame their potential victims. This book details the major rhetorical themes employed within the context of eugenic propaganda, drawing largely on original sources of the period. Early in the twentieth century the term "moron" was developed to describe the primary targets of eugenic control. This book demonstrates how the image of moronity in the United States was shaped by eugenicists.

This book will be of interest not only to disability and eugenic scholars and historians, but to anyone who wants to explore the means by which pejorative metaphors are used to support social control efforts against vulnerable community groups.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719087090
• ISBN 13: 9780719087097
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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