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Author:

Stuckey, Zosha, 1971- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014002947

Title:

A rhetoric of remnants : idiots, half-wits, and other state-sponsored inventions / Zosha Stuckey.

Publisher:

State University of New York Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xi, 163 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Mental retardation facilities--United States--History.
Mental retardation facilities--New York (State)--History.
People with mental disabilities--History.--United States--History.
Mental retardation facilities patients--United States--History.
Mental retardation--United States--History.
Sociology of disability--United States.
Mental retardation.
Mental retardation facilities.
Mental retardation facilities patients.
People with mental disabilities--Education.
Sociology of disability.
New York (State)
United States.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: rhetoric, historical recovery, and the New York State Asylum-School -- "Confusion into order changed" : the rhetorics that govern(ed) institutionalization -- In pursuit of the active life : the roots, rhetoric, and recursiveness of "special" (all) education -- In pursuit of the under-life of the archive -- Conclusion : "idiocy": an old, worn-out story.

ISBN:

1438453019
9781438453019

OCLC:

(OCoLC)868509972

LCCN:

2013043165

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)