Madness [electronic resource] : an American history of mental illness and its treatment / Mary de Young.

American history of mental illness and its treatment

9780786457465 (electronic bk.)
9780786433988 (softcover : alk. paper)

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010.

English

1 online resource (viii, 294 p.)

RC443 .D35 2010eb

362.196/89

"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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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