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200 10$aFraming the moron $ethe social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era /$fGerald V O'Brien
210  1$aManchester, England ;$aNew York, New York :$cManchester University Press,$d2013.
210  4$d2013
215   $a1 online resource (x, 203 pages)
225 1 $aDisability History
311 08$aPrint version: 9781784991074 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
330   $aMany people are shocked upon discovering that tens of thousands of innocent persons in the United States were involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated within the course of the eugenic movement (1900-30). Such social control efforts are easier to understand when we consider the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric propagandists invoke to frame their potential victims. This book details the major rhetorical themes employed within the context of eugenic propaganda, drawing largely on original sources of the period. Early in the twentieth century the term "moron" was developed to describe the primary targets of eugenic control. This book demonstrates how the image of moronity in the United States was shaped by eugenicists. This book will be of interest not only to disability and eugenic scholars and historians, but to anyone who wants to explore the means by which pejorative metaphors are used to support social control efforts against vulnerable community groups.
410  0$aDisability history.
606   $aEugenics$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century
606   $aEugenics$xSocial aspects$zUnited States
606   $aInvoluntary sterilization$zUnited States$xHistory
610   $aAmerican Eugenic Movement.
610   $aEugenics.
610   $aFeeble-Mindedness.
610   $aMetaphor Analysis.
615  0$aEugenics$xHistory
615  0$aEugenics$xSocial aspects
615  0$aInvoluntary sterilization$xHistory.
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700   $aO'Brien$b Gerald V.$01160885
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906   $aBOOK
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996   $aFraming the moron$92709206
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