Genie: A Scientific Tragedy
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (813 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060924659 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly Permanently strapped to a chair by her deranged father, Genie (a pseudonym) spent her entire childhood in the closed room of a virtually silent house in suburban California. Basing this searing, tragic account on an article he wrote for the New Yorker, Rymer tells how linguists and psychologists, eager to test their theories, competed for access to Genie, who now lives in a home for retarded adults, hidden away from researchers by her mother. Rymer suggests that scientists and caretakers treated Genie as a "wild child" instead of giving her supportive therapy that might have enabled her to overcome the confining horrors of her childhood.
The compelling story of a young woman's emergence into the world after spending her first 13 years strapped to a chair, and her rescue and exploitation by scientists hoping to gain new insight into language acquisition.
"The World Will Never Understand!" according to Sylviastel. If you didn't know the story, you probably wouldn't believe it. Genie whose real name has been shielded by researchers and the press was horrifically abused as a child by her abusive biological father. Once Genie was revealed to have permanent brain injury, he imprisoned her in the home in Temple City. Her father didn't want children when he married her mother. They already lost one infant daughter to neglect. Her father didn't like noise and children especially babies make lots of noi. Gina said A scientific viewpoint. This book is moreso about the scientific aspects of this case, as opposed to the story of the child.. "No" according to R. Riggins. Its good. i enjoy reading it. I was in great condition when i got it just like it was posted as.