Framing the moron : the social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	O'Brien, Gerald V.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; 2013.
Series:	Disability history.
Subjects:	Eugenics > history > United States. Institutionalization > history > United States. Intellectual Disability > classification > United States. Mentally Disabled Persons > history > United States. Social Control, Formal > United States. Sterilization, Involuntary > history > United States. Eugenics > United States > History. Involuntary sterilization > United States > History.

Table of Contents:

Metaphors and the dehumanization of marginalized groups
The organism metaphor : the moron as a diseased entity
The animal metaphor : the moron as an atavistic subhuman
The war and natural catastrophe metaphors : the moron as an enemy force
The religious and altruistic metaphors : the moron as an immoral sinner and an object of protection
The object metaphor : the moron as a poorly functioning human
Conclusion.