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Book/Printed Material Institutionalizing gender : madness, the family, and psychiatric power in nineteenth-century France

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Title

  • Institutionalizing gender : madness, the family, and psychiatric power in nineteenth-century France

Summary

  • "This book examines the influence of gender and family values on the development of nineteenth-century French psychiatry"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Hewitt, Jessie, 1981- author

Created / Published

  • Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2020]

Contents

  • 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.

Headings

  • -  Gender expression--France--History--19th century
  • -  Mental illness--Treatment--France--History--19th century
  • -  Power (Philosophy)
  • -  Psychiatry--France--History--19th century
  • -  Sex role--France--History--19th century

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HQ1075.5.F8

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020009250

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Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • epub

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Chicago citation style:

Hewitt, Jessie, Author. Institutionalizing gender: madness, the family, and psychiatric power in nineteenth-century France. [Ithaca New York: Cornell University Press, 2020] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020009250/.

APA citation style:

Hewitt, J. (2020) Institutionalizing gender: madness, the family, and psychiatric power in nineteenth-century France. [Ithaca New York: Cornell University Press] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020009250/.

MLA citation style:

Hewitt, Jessie, Author. Institutionalizing gender: madness, the family, and psychiatric power in nineteenth-century France. [Ithaca New York: Cornell University Press, 2020] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020009250/>.