‘You Never Know where their Hands Have Been’ – the Notion of Intellectual Disability as Contaminated
Mary Douglas claims that ideas about dirt and pollution are often analogies reflecting a view of the social order. This article explores the representations of dirt and pollution in a Norwegian group home for people with intellectual disabilities. It shows how the staff’s use of separate chairs and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Stockholm University Press
2023-11-01
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| Series: | Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research |
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| Online Access: | https://account.sjdr.se/index.php/su-j-sjdr/article/view/1010 |