Madness [electronic resource] : an American history of mental illness and its treatment / Mary de Young.
De Young, Mary, 1949-
2010
RC443 .D35 2010eb
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Title Madness [electronic resource] : an American history of mental illness and its treatment / Mary de Young.
Author De Young, Mary, 1949-
Other Title American history of mental illness and its treatment
ISBN 9780786457465 (electronic bk.)
9780786433988 (softcover : alk. paper)
Publication Details Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 294 p.)
Call Number RC443 .D35 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.196/89
Summary "Madness" is, of course, personally experienced, but because of its intimate relationship to the sociocultural context, it is also socially constructed, culturally represented and socially controlled--all of which make it a topic rife for sociological analysis. Using a range of historical and contemporary textual material, this book exercises the sociological imagination to explore some of the most perplexing questions in the history of madness, including why some behaviors, thoughts and emotions are labeled mad while others are not; why they are labeled mad in one historical period.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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