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Sex, religion, and the making of modern madness : the Eberbach Asylum and German society, 1815-1849 /

Drawing upon a rich set of asylum patient case records, this book reconstructs the encounter of state officials and medical practitioners with peasant madness and deviancy at a transitional period in German and psychiatry history. Focusing on religious madness, nymphomania, masturbatory insanity, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Goldberg, Ann (Ann E.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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