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- Title
Becoming Mrs. Mayberry: Dependency and the Right to be Free.
- Authors
Silvers, Anita
- Abstract
The article presents an essay that focuses on embracing elderly and prevention of elder abuse and disability hate crimes citing reference to the story of an 96-years old woman named Eryetha Mayberry. Topics discussed include results of dismissive devaluation of elderly individuals leading to assault and life-threatening negligence, the book "Dependent Rational Animals" by Alasdair MacIntyre and extension of civil rights to embrace protection against disability discrimination.
- Subjects
CRIMES against older people; OLDER people with disabilities; MAYBERRY, Eryetha; DEPENDENT Rational Animals (Book); CIVIL rights; HATE crimes
- Publication
Hypatia, 2015, Vol 30, Issue 1, p292
- ISSN
0887-5367
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/hypa.12133