Out of his mind : masculinity and mental illness in Victorian Britain

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    • Milne-Smith, Amy

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Out of his mind : masculinity and mental illness in Victorian Britain

Amy Milne-Smith

(Gender in history)

Manchester University Press, 2022

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-302) and index

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内容説明

Out of His Mind interrogates how Victorians made sense of the madman as both a social reality and a cultural representation. Even at the height of enthusiasm for the curative powers of nineteenth-century psychiatry, to be certified as a lunatic meant a loss of one's freedom and in many ways one's identify. Because men had the most power and authority in Victorian Britain, this also meant they had the most to lose. The madman was often a marginal figure, confined in private homes, hospitals, and asylums. Yet as a cultural phenomenon he loomed large, tapping into broader social anxieties about respectability, masculine self-control, and fears of degeneration. Using a wealth of case notes, press accounts, literature, medical and government reports, this text provides a rich window into public understandings and personal experiences of men's insanity. -- .

目次

Introduction: Madmen in the attic? 1 Men in care: the asylum 2 Men in the community: homecare, doctor's care, and travellers 3 Personal shame: failures of morality and the will 4 Madmen out of the attic: reputation, rage, and liberty 5 Media panics: stories of violence, danger, and men out of control 6 Degeneration and madness: inheritance, neurasthenia, criminals, and GPI Epilogue -- .

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