Protecting the social body: Use of the organism metaphor in fighting the "Menace of the Feebleminded"

Mental Retardation

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 188-200

  O'Brien, Gerald Vincent ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

EUGENICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; METAPHOR; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033145583     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(1999)037<0188:PTSBUO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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