Madness in the Family: Insanity and Institutions in the Australasian Colonial World, 1860–1914 (review)

Madness in the Family: Insanity and Institutions in the Australasian Colonial World, 1860–1914 (review)

[...]the book privileges stories of the dire life circumstances of individuals who moved in and out of the asylum as they struggled with exhaustion, poverty, the weight of extended family obligations, isolation, alcoholism, and illness.

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Veröffentlicht in:Victorian Studies 2012, Vol.54 (3), p.579-580
1. Verfasser: Mahone, Sloan
Format: Review
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Alcoholism
Economic depression
Families
Poverty
Psychosis
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Zusammenfassung:[...]the book privileges stories of the dire life circumstances of individuals who moved in and out of the asylum as they struggled with exhaustion, poverty, the weight of extended family obligations, isolation, alcoholism, and illness.
ISSN:0042-5222
1527-2052
DOI:10.2979/victorianstudies.54.3.579