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| Other authors / contributors: | Mitchell, David T., 1962-
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| ISBN: | 9780226767307
0226767302
9780226767314
0226767310
9780226767321
0226767329
1282679325
9781282679320
9786612679322
6612679328
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | 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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| Other form: | Print version: Snyder, Sharon L., 1963- Cultural locations of disability. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006 9780226767314
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