The Cloak of Competence, Revised and Updated edition Stigma in the Lives of the Mentally Retarded
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
16.10.1993
Herausgeber
Robert B. EdgertonVerlag
De Gruyter MoutonSeitenzahl
276
Maße (L/B/H)
22.8/15.3/2.1 cm
Gewicht
426 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-520-08226-7
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.
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