عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
HQ755.5.U5.O375 2013
HQ755
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5
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U5
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O375
2013
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1526103427
(Number (ISBN
9781526103420
Erroneous ISBN
9780719087097
Erroneous ISBN
9781526103437
Erroneous ISBN
9781784991074
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Framing the moron :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Manchester University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (214 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
Disability History MUP
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Cover; Framing the moron; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Metaphors and the dehumanization of marginalized 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 metaphors: 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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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 t.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Framing the moron : The social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Eugenics in mass media.
Eugenics-- Social aspects-- United States.
Eugenics-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Involuntary sterilization-- United States-- History.
Metaphor-- Social aspects-- United States.
Propaganda, American.
Eugenics-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Eugenics in mass media.
Eugenics-- Social aspects.
Eugenics.
Involuntary sterilization.
Metaphor-- Social aspects.
Propaganda, American.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
MBX
MBX
MED039000
MUP08
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
363
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92
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HQ755
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5
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U5
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O375
2013
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
O'Brien, Gerald V.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Anderson, Julie.
Schalick, Walton.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20200822124023.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
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