Asylums
Douban
ISBN: 9780140137392
author:
Erving Goffman
publishing house:
Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
publication date: 1991
-8
price: USD 28.75
number of pages: 336
Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
Erving Goffman
overview
"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.
