Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates by

Description: Asylums by Erving Goffman A total institution is defined by Goffman as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated, individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A total institution is defined by Goffman as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated, individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life. Prisons serve as a clear example, providing we appreciate that what is prison-like about prisons is found in institutions whose members have broken no laws. This volume deals with total institutions in general and, mental hospitals, in particular. The main focus is, on the world of the inmate, not the world of the staff. A chief concern is to develop a sociological version of the structure of the self.Each of the essays in this book were intended to focus on the same issue--the inmates situation in an institutional context. Each chapter approaches the central issue from a different vantage point, each introduction drawing upon a different source in sociology and having little direct relation to the other chapters.This method of presenting material may be irksome, but it allows the reader to pursue the main theme of each paper analytically and comparatively past the point that would be allowable in chapters of an integrated book. If sociological concepts are to be treated with affection, each must be traced back to where it best applies, followed from there wherever it seems to lead, and pressed to disclose the rest of its family. Author Biography Goffman, Erving Table of Contents On The Characteristics of Total Institutions 1; The Moral Career of the Mental Patient; The Underlife of a Public Institution 1; The Medical Model and Mental Hospitalization 1 Details ISBN1138507466 Year 2017 ISBN-10 1138507466 ISBN-13 9781138507463 Format Paperback Author Erving Goffman Pages 408 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2017-10-02 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title Asylums Language English UK Release Date 2017-10-02 AU Release Date 2017-10-02 NZ Release Date 2017-10-02 Subtitle Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates Alternative 9780202309712 DEWEY 362.21 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161354450;

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