Institutionalizing Gender Madness, the Family, and Psychiatric Power in Nineteenth-Century France / Jessie Hewitt.
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TextPublisher: Cornell University Press, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN: 9781501753435Subject(s): 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Online version:: Institutionalizing gender.DDC classification: 305.30944/09034 LOC classification: HQ1075.5.F8 | H49 2020Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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"This book examines the influence of gender and family values on the development of nineteenth-century French psychiatry"-- Provided by publisher.
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