Review of Malacrida, A Special Hell: Institutional Life in Alberta’s Eugenic Years

Auteurs-es

  • Natalie Spagnuolo Doctoral Student, Critical Disability Studies, York University

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v5i2.278

Résumé

Claudia Malacrida’s latest book, A Special Hell: Institutional Life in Alberta’s Eugenic Years, contributes to a body of work that suggests that humane treatment is only to be expected by citizens who fit under privileged but taken-for-granted categories, while the threats of systemic violence and exploitation are often the reality for those positioned as “less than human” within our national discourses.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Natalie Spagnuolo, Doctoral Student, Critical Disability Studies, York University

Doctoral Student, Critical Disability Studies, York University

Comment citer

Spagnuolo, N. (2016). Review of Malacrida, A Special Hell: Institutional Life in Alberta’s Eugenic Years. Revue Canadienne d’études Sur Le Handicap, 5(2), 184–191. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v5i2.278

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