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Normalizing the Ideal: Psychology, Schooling, and the Family in Postwar Canada

Contributor(s): Gleason, Mona (Author)

ISBN: 9780802044792

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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Pub Date: November 27, 1999

Dewey: 306

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 224 pages

BISAC Categories:

Psychology | Reference

Series: Studies in Gender and History

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Postwar insecurity about the stability of family life became a platfrorm to elevate the role of psychologists in society, Their ideal of 'normal' as the healthy goal for society, marginalizing and silencing those who did not fit the model.

Brief description: Mona Gleason recently completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia.

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