02812nam 2200565 450 991082611410332120200520144314.01-5261-0342-710.7765/9781526103420(MiAaPQ)EBC4706716(Au-PeEL)EBL4706716(CaPaEBR)ebr11275015(OCoLC)960166184(DE-B1597)660457(DE-B1597)9781526103420(EXLCZ)99371000000052936020161013h20132013 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierFraming the moron the social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era /Gerald V O'BrienManchester, England ;New York, New York :Manchester University Press,2013.20131 online resource (x, 203 pages)Disability HistoryPrint version: 9781784991074 Includes bibliographical references and index.Many people are shocked upon discovering that tens of thousands of innocent persons in the United States were involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated within the course of the eugenic movement (1900-30). Such social control efforts are easier to understand when we consider the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric propagandists invoke to frame their potential victims. This book details the major rhetorical themes employed within the context of eugenic propaganda, drawing largely on original sources of the period. Early in the twentieth century the term "moron" was developed to describe the primary targets of eugenic control. This book demonstrates how the image of moronity in the United States was shaped by eugenicists. This book will be of interest not only to disability and eugenic scholars and historians, but to anyone who wants to explore the means by which pejorative metaphors are used to support social control efforts against vulnerable community groups.Disability history.EugenicsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryEugenicsSocial aspectsUnited StatesInvoluntary sterilizationUnited StatesHistoryAmerican Eugenic Movement.Eugenics.Feeble-Mindedness.Metaphor Analysis.EugenicsHistoryEugenicsSocial aspectsInvoluntary sterilizationHistory.363.92O'Brien Gerald V.1160885MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826114103321Framing the moron2709206UNINA