Afterlives of the Psychiatric Asylum - Recycling Concepts, Sites and Memories

Focussing on the 'recycling' of both the idea of the psychiatric asylum and its sites, buildings and landscapes, this book makes theoretical connections to current trends in mental health care and to ideas in cultural/urban geography. The process of closing asylums and how asylums have survived in specific contexts and markets is assessed and consi

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The Afterlives of the Psychiatric Asylum

About the author

Graham Moon is Professor of Spatial Analysis in Human Geography at the University of Southampton, UK. Robin Kearns is Professor of Geography in the School of Environment at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Alun Joseph is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Canada.

Summary

Focussing on the 'recycling' of both the idea of the psychiatric asylum and its sites, buildings and landscapes, this book makes theoretical connections to current trends in mental health care and to ideas in cultural/urban geography. The process of closing asylums and how asylums have survived in specific contexts and markets is assessed and consi

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• Authors: Robin Kearns, Graham Moon, Graham Kearns Moon, Moon Graham
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367668808
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66880-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Geographies of Health Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, MEDICAL / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Regional & area planning, Human Geography, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Library & Information Sciences, Medicolegal issues, Regional and area planning, Library and information sciences / Museology