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Theaters of Madness

- Insane Asylums and Nineteenth-Century American Culture

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In the mid-1800s a utopian movement to rehabilitate the insane resulted in a wave of publicly funded asylums - many of which became unexpected centers of cultural activity. This work prompts us to reflect on what our society can learn from a generation that urgently and creatively tried to solve the problem of mental illness.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780226709642
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 240
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. juli 2008
  • Størrelse:
  • 155x229x21 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 402 g.
  • 2-3 uger.
  • 7. december 2024

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In the mid-1800s a utopian movement to rehabilitate the insane resulted in a wave of publicly funded asylums - many of which became unexpected centers of cultural activity. This work prompts us to reflect on what our society can learn from a generation that urgently and creatively tried to solve the problem of mental illness.

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