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Institutionalizing gender : madness, the family, and psychiatric power in nineteenth-century France /

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"This book examines the influence of gender and family values on the development of nineteenth-century French psychiatry"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hewitt, Jessie, 1981- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Gender expression > France > History > 19th century.
Mental illness > Treatment > France > History > 19th century.
Sex role > France > History > 19th century.
Psychiatry > France > History > 19th century.
Power (Philosophy)
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Gender expression.
Mental illness > Treatment.
Psychiatry.
Sex role.
France.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:"This book examines the influence of gender and family values on the development of nineteenth-century French psychiatry"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501753329
1501753320
9781501753435
1501753436
1501753312
9781501753312