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Deinstitutionalising Women: An Ethnographic Study of Institutional Closure

Hardback

Main Details

Title Deinstitutionalising Women: An Ethnographic Study of Institutional Closure
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kelley Johnson
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:232
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9780521623667
ClassificationsDewey:305.42
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 October 1998
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book explores the lives of women living in a locked ward within a large institution for people with intellectual disabilities. Kelley 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 examine closely the impact of deinstitutionalisation on these women. The book raises a number of broad questions about our understanding of disability. It considers the role of professional views of intellectual disability in shaping perceptions. It also looks at the process of deinstitutionalisation, with its paradoxical discourse of rights and management. Finally the book's feminist analysis brings insight to the ways in which institutionalised women are not only locked out of society, but out of their lives as women as well.

Reviews

'... absorbing and confronting ... a rare and valuable means for persons not working within the institutional environment to gain some understanding of what happens within such places ... a vivd and remarkably honest account ... a remarkable and valuable work.' Ian Freckelton, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law