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

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

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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hewitt, Jessie, 1981- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press 2020
2020.
Materias:
Power (Philosophy)
Psychiatry > France > History > 19th century.
Sex role > France > History > 19th century.
Mental illness > Treatment > France > History > 19th century.
Gender expression > France > History > 19th century.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423991206719
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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