‘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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Published in:	Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Main Authors:	Stine Marlen Henriksen, Johans Tveit Sandvin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Stockholm University Press 2023-11-01
Subjects:	intellectual disability group home dirt pollution behaviour contagion institutional identity
Online Access:	https://account.sjdr.se/index.php/su-j-sjdr/article/view/1010