La Castañeda Insane Asylum : Narratives of Pain in Modern Mexico /

"An inside view of the workings of La Castañeda General Insane Asylum-a public mental health institution founded in Mexico City in 1910 only months before the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution"--

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Hoofdauteur: Rivera Garza, Cristina, 1964- (Auteur)
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
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Gepubliceerd in: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
Reeks:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • Introduction: Words in a Title
  • La Castañeda General Insane Asylum, 1884-1930
  • Entryway: A Mental Health Routine
  • The Psychiatric Interview: The Fox and the Goose
  • Through My Narrative Was I Born, My Narrative Sustains Me: Women Authoring Selves
  • Looking Insane
  • The Pain of Becoming Modern: Suffering and Redemption in the Medical Histories of La Castañeda
  • Con-juring the Body: Making History and Fiction.