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The Troubled Teen Industry: Commodifying Disability and Capitalizing on Fear

Description:

The “Troubled Teen” behavior reform industry is comprised of financially interconnected wilderness programs, residential treatment centers, and reform schools that incarcerate thousands of minors each year by marketing a supposed cure to non-normativity, and monetizing the discrimination and...

Author:

Kushan, Catherine Elizabeth

Keyword:

Disability Rights, American Institutions, Trauma Theory, Behavior Modification, Troubled Teen Industry, and American Eugenics

GW Unit:

English

Degree:

M.A.

Advisor:

Alcorn, Marshall and McRuer, Robert

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation