Manufacturing "bad mothers" : a critical perspective on child neglect /
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| Author / Creator: | Swift, Karen. |
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| Imprint: | Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1995. |
| Description: | x, 218 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2327500 |
| Summary: | Beginning from a critical theoretical perspective, Swift (social work, McGill U.) argues that our usual perceptions of neglect hide and distort important social realities; that this distorted perception only serves to reproduce the conditions of poverty, marginalization, and violence in which these families live; and that the current child welfare system, far from rescuing neglected children, helps instead to ensure the continuation of their problems, with the outcome especially damaging in aboriginal communities. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 218 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-210) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0802029787 0802074359 |