Kehitysvammahuollon tietopankki
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Angrosino, Michael V: Opportunity House: Ethnographic Stories of Mental
Retardation (Ethnographic Alternatives Book Series, Vol 2). Altamira Press 1997
Product Description:
Calling on a decade of participant observation at a residence for mentally
retarded adults, anthropologist Michael V. Angrosino's riveting and
de-mystifying account offers an insider's picture of the lives of the
inhabitants of Opportunity House. Using the narrative device of a dozen
fictional short stories told in the voices of various community members as well
as that of the researcher, Angrosino weaves a life-histories approach to
ethnography together with an innovative culture concept to tackle the
complexities of representing marginalized subgroups. As opposed to traditional
clinical or statistical studies, which have insufficiently conveyed the
subjective and experiential perspectives of retarded people themselves,
Angrosino presents an intimate and complex picture of a highly functioning
community with its cast of entrepreneurs, bullies, victims, and do-gooders. This
wonderfully readable and captivating account is therefore an important resource
for those interested in mental illness and disability, as well as a model for
those experimenting with forms of ethnographic writing.
Linkkejä:
Kehitysvamma-alan kirjallisuutta
Kehitysvammaisuus
Kirjakaupat & Kustantajat -
Makupalat, Hämeenlinnan kaupunginkirjasto - Hämeenlinna City Library, Finland
Mental retardation in Finland
Selkokirjallisuutta
8.2.2005