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Autore |
Knowles Caroline <1954-> |
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Titolo |
Bedlam on the streets / / Caroline Knowles ; with photographs by Ludovic Dabert |
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London, : Routledge, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-57053-8 |
1-134-57054-6 |
1-280-26766-6 |
9786610267668 |
0-203-99593-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mentally ill - Care - Quebec (Province) - Montreal |
Mentally ill - Quebec (Province) - Montreal - Social conditions |
Community mental health services - Quebec (Province) - Montreal |
Mentally ill - Deinstitutionalization - Quebec (Province) - Montreal |
Mentally ill - Services for - Quebec (Province) - Montreal |
Montréal (Québec) Social conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 VOICE, IMAGE AND TEXT; 2 MADNESS AND THE GRAMMAR OF URBAN SPACE; 3 INTERIOR SPACE, AESTHETICS AND SUBJECTIVITIES; 4 LIVING IN TRANSIT; 5 'SCHIZOPHRENIC' LIVES; 6 DANGEROUSNESS AND ENDANGERMENT; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What happens when the mad are let out of the asylum and there is nowhere for them to go?This hard-hitting and controversial new book traces the terms on which the mad occupy the city's streets, homeless shelters, shopping centres and fast food outlets. This social geography of madness is situated within the broader parameters of systems of social welfare and globalization, arguing that the 'community mental health care' system is actually a system of neglect.Bedlam on the |
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