Institutionalizing Gender : Madness, the Family, and Psychiatric Power in Nineteenth-Century France /

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"This book examines the influence of gender and family values on the development of nineteenth-century French psychiatry"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hewitt, Jessie, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sex role.
Psychiatry.
Power (Philosophy)
Mental illness > Treatment.
Gender expression.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Pouvoir (Morale)
Rôle selon le sexe > France > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Maladies mentales > Traitement > France > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Expression de l'identite sexuelle > France > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Psychiatry > France > History > 19th century.
Sex role > France > History > 19th century.
Mental illness > Treatment > France > History > 19th century.
Gender expression > France > History > 19th century.
France.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gender and the founding "fathers" of French psychiatry
  • Medical controversy and honor among (mad)men
  • Domesticating madness in the family asylum
  • Scandalous asylum commitments and patriarchal power
  • Rehabilitating a profession under siege
  • Reforming the asylum and reimagining the family
  • The "mad" woman in a man's world.

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