Exhibiting Madness in Museums
Exhibiting Madness in Museums

Author: Catharine Coleborne

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-06-12

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1136660100

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This innovative collection of essays offers a comparative history of independent and institutional collections of psychiatric objects in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom. Leading scholars in the field investigate collectors, collections, their display, and the reactions to exhibitions of the history of insanity.

Madness and Civilization
Madness and Civilization

Author: Michel Foucault

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2013-01-30

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0307833100

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Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 - from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part of everyday life and fools and lunatics walked the streets freely, to the time when such people began to be considered a threat, asylums were first built, and walls were erected between the "insane" and the rest of humanity.

The Most Solitary of Afflictions
The Most Solitary of Afflictions

Author: Andrew Scull

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 9780300107548

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Andrew Scull studies the evolution of the treatment of lunacy in England, tracing transformations in social practices & beliefs, the development of institutional management of the mad, & exposing the contrasts between the expectations of asylum founders & the harsh realities of institutional life. Originally published: 1993.

History Museums in the United States
History Museums in the United States

Author: Warren Leon

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780252060649

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Every year 100 million visitor's tour historic houses and re-created villages, examine museum artifacts, and walk through battlefields. But what do they learn? What version of the past are history museums offering to the public? And how well do these institutions reflect the latest historical scholarship? Fifteen scholars and museum staff members here provide the first critical assessment of American history museums, a vital arena for shaping popular historical consciousness. They consider the form and content of exhibits, ranging from Gettysburg to Disney World. They also examine the social and political contexts on which museums operate.

The Architecture of Madness
The Architecture of Madness

Author: Carla Yanni

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9780816649396

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