O SELECȚIE URIAȘĂ
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ISBN | 9780786433988 |
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Autor | de Young Mary |
Editura | Mcfarland & Co Inc |
Limba | english |
Tip copertă | Paperback |
Anul publicării | 2010 |
Număr de pagini | 302 |
"Madness" is, of course, personally experienced, but because of its intimate relationship to the sociocultural context, it is also socially 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 work 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 labeled mad in one historical period and not another
why the label of mad is applied to some types of people and not others
by whom the label is applied, and with what consequences.