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Author:

Hewitt, Jessie, 1981- author.

Title:

Institutionalizing gender : madness, the family, and psychiatric power in nineteenth-century France / Jessie Hewitt.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

x, 238 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Gender expression--France--History--19th century.
Mental illness--History--France--History--19th century.
Sex role--France--History--19th century.
Psychiatry--France--History--19th century.
Power (Philosophy)
Expression de l'identité sexuelle--France--Histoire--19e siècle.
Maladies mentales--Histoire--France--Histoire--19e siècle.
Rôle selon le sexe--France--Histoire--19e siècle.
Pouvoir (Morale)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Gender expression.
Mental illness--Treatment.
Power (Philosophy)
Psychiatry.
Sex role.
France.
1800-1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The "mad" woman in a man's world. 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.

Summary:

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

ISBN:

1501753312
9781501753312

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1142912222

LCCN:

2020009249

Locations:

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)