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Broken : institutions, families, and the construction of intellectual disability / Madeline C. Burghardt.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773555570
  • 9780773555587
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HV3008 .B765 2018
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Subject: An exploration of the impact of institutionalization in the lives of Canadian families.
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Cover; BROKEN; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Terminology; Introduction: The Asylum's Accomplice, or the Creation of Intellectual Disability; PART ONE INSTITUTIONALIZATION IN CONTEXT; 1 Institutions for the Feebleminded: Theory, History, and Context; 2 Ontario's Institutional Legacy; 3 Choosing to Institutionalize: Politics, Families, and the Pressures of Cold War Conformity; PART TWO STORIES; 4 Survivors: "It wrecked me sadly"; 5 Siblings: "He was a secret"; 6 Parents; 7 Former Staff and Key Informants; PART THREE CONCLUSIONS

8 Power, Governance, and the Construction of Intellectual DisabilityConclusion; Appendices; Notes; References; Index

An exploration of the impact of institutionalization in the lives of Canadian families.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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