Sökning: "feebleminded"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade ordet feebleminded.

1. 1. Eugenics and bodily discipline in the Scandinavian welfare state: a genealogy of gendered othering

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Författare :Yagmur Yilmaz; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Scandinavian history; eugenics; gendered othering; eugenic sterilization; welfare state; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a genealogy of the gendered othering practices that emerged through and within the implementation of eugenic policies in the Scandinavian welfare states, namely Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Between the early 1930s and 1970s, tens of thousands of people were sterilized and institutionalized in Scandinavia for various purposes, and a vast majority of these people were “feebleminded,” “immoral,” “vagrant,” “antisocial” or “weak” women whose fertility constituted a threat to the quality of the “national stock. LÄS MER

3. 2. Patienten uppträder helt som idiot : En diskursanalys av omsorgskter ifrån mitten av 1900-talet av bildbara och obildbara sinnesslöa

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Författare :Elin Strandqvist; Emma Jonsson; [2016]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to identify which different character features the feebleminded persons were ascribed in the journals of health. The journals of health are taken from the county council archive of Kronoberg, and consider people who are born 1930, 1940 and 1955. LÄS MER

4. 3. Samhällets intresse i sinnesslövården : en studie av Statens uppfostringsanstalt för sinnesslöa flickor 1924-1968

   Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Författare :Louise Ström; [2013]
   Nyckelord :The State Institution for Education of Feebleminded Girls; feebleminded; institution for feebleminded; institution for education; institution; feebleminded children; care for the mentally deficient; sterilization; sterilizing operation; eugenics; child perspective; upbringing; Statens uppfostringsanstalt för sinnesslöa flickor; sinnesslö; sinnesslöanstalt; uppfostringsanstalt; anstalt; sinnesslöa barn; sinnesslövård; sterilisering; steriliserande operation; rashygien; barnperspektiv; uppfostran;

   Sammanfattning : The State Institution for Education of Feebleminded Girls was one of the two swedish educational institutions established under state management in the 1920s and came to be the starting point for further government operations for the mentally deficient. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the activities of the State Institution for Education of Feebleminded Girls, out of what needs the institution filled in Sweden’s care for the mentally deficient. LÄS MER

5. 4. Att komma tillrätta med "sinnesslöhet" : En studie på barnavårds- och fattigvårdsstyrelsens definition av ”sinnesslöa” i Växjö stad under åren 1934-1941

   Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Författare :Hanna Holgersson; [2013]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : This study is based on the child welfare agency and social welfare board definition in Växjö City about the people who were defined as feebleminded and which solution they choose for this “social problem”, with focus if they used sterilization as a solution to this “problem” during the years 1934-1941. The individuals who were regarded as feebleminded were alcoholics, unemployed, people who were feeble in their mind, people who had mental diseases, people who were vagrants and poor people. LÄS MER