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UNISA996360037003316 |
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Autore |
Hewitt Jessie <1981-> |
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Titolo |
Institutionalizing Gender : Madness, the Family, and Psychiatric Power in Nineteenth-Century France / / Jessie Hewitt |
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Cornell University Press, 2020 |
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Ithaca [New York] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2020 |
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©2020 |
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ISBN |
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1-5017-5332-0 |
1-5017-5343-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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"This book examines the influence of gender and family values on the development of nineteenth-century French psychiatry"-- |
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