Normalizing the Ideal - Psychology, Schooling, and the Family in Postwar Canada

Postwar insecurity about the stability of family life became a platfrorm to elevate the role of psychologists in society, Their ideal of ‘normal’ as the healthy goal for society, marginalizing and silencing those who did not fit the model.

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By Mona Gleason

Summary

Postwar insecurity about the stability of family life became a platfrorm to elevate the role of psychologists in society, Their ideal of ‘normal’ as the healthy goal for society, marginalizing and silencing those who did not fit the model.

Product details

• Authors: Mona Gleason
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.1999
• EAN: 9780802044792
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-4479-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Series: Studies in Gender History; Studies in Gender and History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories