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Lost Souls Women, Religion and Mental Illness in the Victorian Asylum 1st Edition

Author(s)

Diana Peschier

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781786726544, 9781788318075

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

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PDF and EPUB

Description

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.

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Lost Souls Women, Religion and Mental Illness in the Victorian Asylum 1st Edition

SKU: 9781786736604

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Additional information

Full Title

Lost Souls Women, Religion and Mental Illness in the Victorian Asylum 1st Edition

Author(s)

Diana Peschier

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781786736604, 9781788318075

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

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.