Gender in History #: Out of His Mind

Masculinity and Mental Illness in Victorian Britain

Gender in History #: Out of His Mind
Amy Milne-Smith
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22 Mar 2022 UK
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9781526155030
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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.

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Amy Milne-Smith is an Associate Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781526155030
Published: 22 Mar 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 328

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