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2013

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Lepers And Lunacy : An American In Vietnam Today : A Novel, Kenneth Herrmann Feb 2013

Lepers And Lunacy : An American In Vietnam Today : A Novel, Kenneth Herrmann

Kenneth Herrmann

By Kenneth J. Herrmann, Jr.An autobiographical account of a war veteran who returned to Vietnam and started a study abroad program there. A unique perspective of the relationship today between Vietnam and America that not only takes the reader into the author's life, but also into the lives of lepers, families who live in a garbage dump, and many others.

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Lgb Cultural Phenomena And The Social Work Research Enterprise: Towards A Strengths-Based, Culturally Anchored Methodology, Trevor G. Gates Phd, Brian L. Kelly Phd Dec 2012

Lgb Cultural Phenomena And The Social Work Research Enterprise: Towards A Strengths-Based, Culturally Anchored Methodology, Trevor G. Gates Phd, Brian L. Kelly Phd

Brian L.Kelly

Although the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) community has seen new protections and benefits in the last quarter century, LGB people continue to experience stigmatization throughout American society. Social work research that frames the LBG community and its members as disenfranchised, marginalized, and oppressed tends to support a stigmatizing attitude toward LGB people. Social work research with the LGB community and its members must shift from a focus on pathology to strengths and resources. This article examines the potential application of a strengths perspective and its usefulness in reshaping the discourse on stigmatization of the LGB community and its members.

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