<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1413-6538</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Brasileira de Educação Especial]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. bras. educ. espec.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1413-6538</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Educação Especial - ABPEE]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
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<article-id>S1413-65382008000200009</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[A deficiência mental na concepção da liga brasileira de higiene mental]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Souza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Milena Luckesi de]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Boarini]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maria Lucia]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="A09">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Estadual de Maringá  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2008</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2008</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>14</volume>
<numero>02</numero>
<fpage>273</fpage>
<lpage>292</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1413-65382008000200009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1413-65382008000200009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1413-65382008000200009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[O objetivo deste texto é investigar a concepção e as propostas de atendimento escolar destinado aos deficientes mentais segundo o ideário higienista e eugenista difundido pela Liga Brasileira de Higiene Mental (LBHM). Para tanto, utilizamos como fonte primária de estudo os Arquivos Brasileiros de Higiene Mental (ABHM), periódico publicado entre 1925 e 1947. Verificamos que a LBHM expressa diferentes opiniões quanto à concepção e às medidas de intervenção propostas para os deficientes mentais. De um lado, propõe a higienização da população, a ser alcançada com a formação de hábitos sadios através da educação escolar e especificamente da educação higiênica, com a possível adaptação do deficiente ao meio social. De outro, defende uma posição eugênica radical, que apregoa a purificação da raça, a esterilização e exclusão dos ditos degenerados (leprosos, loucos, idiotas, epilépticos, cancerosos, nefrolíticos, tuberculosos, prostitutas, vagabundos e deficientes mentais).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The aim of this study is to investigate the conception and proposals of schooling for individuals with mental disability according to the hygienic and eugenic ideology divulged by the Brazilian League for Mental Hygiene (Liga Brasileira de Higiene Mental, LBHM). To this end, we used as a primary source the Brazilian Archives of Mental Hygiene (Arquivos Brasileiros de Higiene Mental, ABHM), a newspaper published from 1925 to 1947. We concluded that there were various opinions in the LBHM about the conception and proposed intervention methods for individuals with mental disability. On one side, there were proposals of population cleansing to be achieved through healthy habits taught in schools, mainly hygienic education, with possible adaptation of the disabled individual to society. On the other hand, there was an extreme eugenic proposal that emphasized race purification, sterilization and exclusion of so-called degenerate individuals (lepers, lunatics, idiots, epileptics, cancer patients, nephrolytics, tuberculosis patients, prostitutes, vagrants and individuals with mental retardation).]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Deficiência Mental]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Educação Escolar]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Arquivos Brasileiros de Higiene Mental]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Higiene Mental e Eugenia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Educação Especial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mental Disability]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Schooling]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Brazilian Archives of Mental Hygiene]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mental Hygiene and Eugenics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Special Education]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front><body><![CDATA[ <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <h2>A defici&ecirc;ncia mental na concep&ccedil;&atilde;o da liga brasileira de  higiene mental.</h2> <h3>Mental disability in  the conception of brazilian league of mental hygiene.</h3>     <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4>Milena Luckesi de Souza, Maria Lucia Boarini    <br> </h4> </font>      ]]></body>
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