Claudia Malacrida: 2 books
A Special Hell
Institutional Life in Alberta's Eugenic Years
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Using rare interviews with former inmates and workers, institutional documentation, and governmental archives, Claudia Malacrida illuminates the dark history of the treatment of “mentally defective” children and adults in twentieth-century Alberta. Focusing on the Michener Centre in Red Deer,...
Mourning the Dreams
How Parents Create Meaning from Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Early Infant Death
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
Mourning the Dreams is an accessible and moving account of parents’ experiences of grief and recovery after losing an infant during pregnancy, childbirth, or within the first month of life. Drawing from the sociology of emotions, health research and psychology, her own experience, and a range of...