Madness

An American History of Mental Illness and Its Treatment

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Mary Young

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The concept of "madness" is, of course, personally experienced, but because of its intimate relationship to the socio-cultural context, it is also anthropologically constructed, culturally represented and socially controlled--all of which make it a topic rife for sociological analysis. Using a range of historical and contemporary textual material, this book exercises the sociological imagination to explore some of the most perplexing questions in the history of madness, including why some behaviors, thoughts and emotions are labeled mad while others are not; why they are labelled mad in one historical period and not another; why the label of mad is applied to some types of people and not others; and by whom the label and its consequences are applied.

Author Biography:

Mary de Young, a professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University, lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Release date Australia

August 30th, 2010

Author

Mary Young

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

tables

Pages

302

Dimensions

152x229x17

ISBN-13

9780786433988

Product ID

6490674

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