Cloak of Competence, Revised and Updated Edition - Stigma in the Lives of the Mentally Retarded

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List of contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FOR THE REVISED EDITION
INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED EDITION
FOREWORD
PREFACE
1 The Study and Its Background
2 Detailed Portraits of Selected Persons
3 Some Central Concerns of "Life on the Outs"
4 Passing and Denial: The Problem of Seeming To Be Normal 
5 The Benevolent Conspiracy: The Role of the Benefactor
6 Stigma and the Cloak of Competence
7 The Follow-up Studies
8 Conclusion
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

About the author

Robert B. Edgerton is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His many books include Rules, Exceptions, and Social Order (1985), and The Individual in Cultural Adaptation (1971), both published by California.

Summary

This edition bring up-to-date the author's seminal study of mental retardation. Focusing on the role of stigma and the efforts of the mentally handicapped to pass normal lives, the text explores such areas as social competence, independence and quality of life.

Product details

• Authors: Robert B Edgerton, Robert B. Edgerton
• Assisted by: Robert B. Edgerton (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.10.1993
• EAN: 9780520082267
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08226-7
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Medical professions; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; MEDICAL / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, MEDICAL / Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Mental health services, Therapy & therapeutics, Disability: social aspects, Therapy and therapeutics