Deinstitutionalising Women
An Ethnographic Study of Institutional Closure
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- Author: Kelley Johnson, La Trobe University, Victoria
- Date Published: October 1998
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521625692
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This ethnographic study of deinstitutionalization explores the lives of women living in a locked ward within an institution for people with intellectual disabilities. 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 closely examine the impact of deinstitutionalization on these women, and the book explores the paradoxical discourse of rights and management that is part of this process.
Read more- Unique 'insider' view
- Few other studies about women and disability
- Few other closely-observed studies of the process and ramifications of deinstitutionalisation
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'… 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
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- Date Published: October 1998
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521625692
- length: 232 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 12 mm
- weight: 0.32kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Entry points
Part I. Inside the Institution:
2. Life in the unit
3. The paths to unit N
4. Locked out/locked in
Part II. Coming Out:
5. The unlocked door
6. Stepping forward
7. Coming out
8. Deinstitutionalisation: managing subjectivity
Part III. Outside:
9. Escaping stories.
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