Deinstitutionalising Women: An Ethnographic Study of Institutional Closure

by Kelley Johnson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521625692
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/13/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.47(d)

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.

Editorial 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

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