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Deinstitutionalising Women

Deinstitutionalising Women

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AnthropologyMental HealthWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0521625696
ISBN13: 9780521625692
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Oct 13 1998
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This ethnographic study of deinstitutionalization explores the lives of women living in a locked ward within an institution for people with intellectual disabilities. Johnson describes in rich and carefully-observed detail the lives of the women in the institution largely through their own stories and experiences. The closure of this institution gave her a unique opportunity to closely examine the impact of deinstitutionalization on these women, and the book explores the paradoxical discourse of rights and management that is part of this process.

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