Theaters of Madness - Insane Asylums and Nineteenth-Century American Culture

Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Reiss is associate professor of English at Emory University and the author of The Showman and the Slave: Race! Death! and Memory in Barnum's America. Klappentext In the mid-1800s a utopian movement to rehabilitate the insane resulted in a wave of publicly funded asylums - many of which became unexpected centers of cultural activity. This work prompts us to reflect on what our society can learn from a generation that urgently and creatively tried to solve the problem of mental illness. Zusammenfassung In the mid-1800s a utopian movement to rehabilitate the insane resulted in a wave of publicly funded asylums - many of which became unexpected centers of cultural activity. This work prompts us to reflect on what our society can learn from a generation that urgently and creatively tried to solve the problem of mental illness.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Reiss
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2008
• EAN: 9780226709642
• ISBN: 978-0-226-70964-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous