Writing mad lives in the age of the asylum /

'Writing Mad Lives in the Age of the Asylum' describes a history of madness and the asylum by focusing on the inmates who published pamphlets, memorials, memoirs, and newspaper and magazine articles about their experiences. Michael Rembis draws from these sources, as well as their letters,...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Rembis, Michael A.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
'Writing Mad Lives in the Age of the Asylum' describes a history of madness and the asylum by focusing on the inmates who published pamphlets, memorials, memoirs, and newspaper and magazine articles about their experiences. Michael Rembis draws from these sources, as well as their letters, public speeches, and testimonies before state legislatures and the US Congress to demonstrate how the stories they told influenced popular, legal, and medical conceptualizations of madness and the asylum at a time when most Americans seemed to be groping toward a more modern understanding of the many different forms of 'insanity.'
Umfang:
1 online resource (319 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780197604861
0197604862
9780197604847
0197604846
Schlagworte:
Psychiatric hospital patients > United States > History > 19th century.
Psychiatric hospital patients > United States > History > 20th century.
Psychiatric hospitals > United States > History > 19th century.
Psychiatric hospitals > United States > History > 20th century.
Mentally ill, Writings of the, American > History and criticism.
Health and Wellbeing.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
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