Opportunity House Ethnographic Stories of Mental Retardation

by Angrosino, Michael V.

• ISBN13: 9780761989172
• ISBN10: 076198917X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-02
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	7	(2)
Series Editors' Preface	9	(2)
Foreword	11	(6)
INTRODUCTION Fellow Traveler	17	(26)
PART I THE LAY OF THE LAND	43	(12)
1 The Ghost of Dallas Lumbley	43	(12)
PART II MAKING A LIVING	55	(50)
2 Any Port in a Storm	55	(8)
3 The Left Stuff	63	(10)
4 On Target Enterprises	73	(8)
5 Midnight at the Budget Inn	81	(10)
6 INTERLUDE I Take Pen in Hand	91	(14)
PART III RELATIONSHIPS	105	(72)
7 Where the Heart Is	105	(10)
8 An Honest Woman	115	(14)
9 A Little Bit of Warm	129	(12)
10 The Chadster Steps Out	141	(10)
11 Days of Sunshine, Days of Rain	151	(10)
12 Perfect Pals	161	(12)
13 INTERLUDE Fit to Print	173	(4)
PART IV THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY	177	(88)
14 The Boys in the Van	177	(14)
15 How Sweet the Sound	191	(18)
16 The Lonesome Trucker	209	(14)
17 By the Chimney with Care	223	(42)
CONCLUSION All Told	265	(8)
CODA Till It's Over	273	(6)
Bibliography	279	(8)
About the Author	287