The visual Foucauldian: Institutional coercion and surveillance in Frederick Wiseman's multi-handicapped documentary series

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 291-308

  Snyder, Sharon ^a   Mitchell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological method; Blind; Cross disability analysis; Deaf; Deaf blind; Diagnostic pathologies; Foucault; Institutionalization; Institutions; Segregation; Sheltered workshops; Training schools; Wiseman

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444458583     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1026066621961     Document Type: Article

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