Lost Souls - Women, Religion and Mental Illness in the Victorian Asylum

How did the Victorians view mental illness? After discovering the case-notes of women in Victorian asylums, Diana Peschier reveals how mental illness was recorded by both medical practitioners and in the popular literature of the era, and why madness became so closely associated with femininity. Her research reveals the plight of women incarcerated in 19th century asylums, how they became patients, and the ways they were perceived by their family, medical professionals, society and by themselves.>

Table des matières

Chapter One: Introduction: The Sin of Eve and Dangerous Emotions
Chapter Two: Wives, Mothers and Abuse of Women in the Asylum
Chapter Three: Women with Religious Excitement
Chapter Four: Evangelical Sunday School Teaching: Lessons for Girls
Chapter Five: Physical Illness
Chapter Six: Asylums and Madness Mirrored in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Chapter Seven: Male Asylum Patients
Epilogue
Bibliography and Sources

A propos de l'auteur

Diana Peschier

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Diana Peschier, Peschier Diana
• Edition: Bloomsbury Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781788318075
• ISBN: 978-1-78831-807-5
• Pages: 224
• Thème: International Library of Histo
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Religion: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, HISTORY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, c 1500 onwards to present day, Care of the mentally ill, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Care of people with mental health issues, Gender studies: women and girls, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards