Asylums Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
Heftet /
1991
/ Engelsk
Product details
ISBN
9780140137392
Published
1991
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Weight
234 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
15 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
336
Author
Biographical note
Erving Goffman (1922-1982) was one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century. He was Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Asylums is an analysis of life in "total institutions"--closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. It focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person and how the person can deal with life on the inside.
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Asylums is an analysis of life in "total institutions"--closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. It focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person and how the person can deal with life on the inside.
Read more
Product details
ISBN
9780140137392
Published
1991
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Weight
234 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
15 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
336
Author