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Material Cultures of Psychiatry
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Abstract In the past, our ideas of psychiatric hospitals and their history have been shaped by objects like straitjackets, cribs, and binding belts. These powerful objects were often used as a synonym for psychiatry and the way psychiatric patients were treated, yet very little is known about the agency of t... view more
In the past, our ideas of psychiatric hospitals and their history have been shaped by objects like straitjackets, cribs, and binding belts. These powerful objects were often used as a synonym for psychiatry and the way psychiatric patients were treated, yet very little is known about the agency of these objects and their appropriation by staff and patients. By focusing on material cultures, this book offers a new perspective on the history of psychiatry: it enables a narrative in which practicing psychiatry is part of a complex entanglement in which power is constantly negotiated. Scholars from different academic disciplines show how this material-based approach opens up new perspectives on the agency and imagination of men and women inside psychiatry.... view less
Keywords
psychiatry; hospital; Europe; North America; cultural history; psychoanalysis; medicine; medical ethics; science of history; historical development
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Psychology
Psychological Disorders, Mental Health Treatment and Prevention
Free Keywords
Material Cultures; 19th/20th Century; History of Medicine; History
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
416 p.
Series
Histoire
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839447888
ISBN
978-3-8394-4788-8
Status
Published Version; reviewed