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Sto caricando le informazioni... Cloak of Competence: Stigma in the Lives of the Mentally Retardeddi Robert B. Edgerton
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. An anthropologist's study of 55 people living in the L.A. area after release from Pacific State Hospital, a large institution for the mentally retarded. Through extensive interviews and observation he and his fieldworkers got to know their subjects -- and readers can get a glimpse of their lives. The study was first published in the early 1960s; this edition adds information from follow-up studies in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. I found the stories compelling. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
This new edition brings up to date a classic study of the everyday lives of previously institutionalized people with mental retardation. For the first time, the author allowed these people to speak about their own lives, their fears, and their hopes. He focused on the role of stigma in their lives and their efforts to pass as normal, as well as the need they had for normal benefactors. Now, using the same ethnographic methods, Robert Edgerton follows up the original population over a period of three decades. His new findings greatly expand our knowledge of these individuals, suggesting that as they grow older they increase their social competence, life satisfaction, independence, and ability to contribute to the lives of others. Human service professionals and others concerned with mental retardation will welcome Edgerton's discussion of current issues such as the role of environmental factors in modifying mental retardation and the need for new conceptual approaches. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)362.3Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Social problems of & services to groups of people People with learning disabilitiesClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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