Depraved, Deprived, Dangerous and Deviant
Depicting the Insane Child in England's County Asylums, 1845–1907
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 9878403 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Steven J Taylor (0000-0001-6361-2838, University of Leicester, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2016 |
| Volume | 101 |
| Fascículo | 347 |
| Páginas | 513-535 |
| Data de publicação | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | History (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0018-2648 • E-ISSN: 1468-229X |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-229x.12246 |
| OpenAlex | W2528287249 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 1 |
| Referências citadas | 7 |
The representations and experiences of children inside pauper lunatic asylums embody a significant lacuna in the understanding of children and childhood during the nineteenth century. Considering the Victorian period as a time when the conceptual notion of a sheltered and romantic childhood emerged it is essential, both to studies of childhood and to the history of the asylum, to examine how children thought to be mentally abnormal were incorporated into a discourse of innocence. Families and medical professionals played important roles in the admissions process by providing testimonies that led to certifications of insanity. This article examines the concept of the insane child and how it related to ideas of childhood that emerged during the period. Furthermore, important issues are explored such as the fluid nature of describing mental illness during the period, the motives of both family and medical professionals in creating polarized narratives of the sick child, and the place of the child within the medical institution
Aesthetics · Art · Criminology · Innocence · Insanity · Institution · Legal guardian · Literature · Lunatic · Narrative · Period (music · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Vagrancy · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law · Medical History and Innovations · Psychology
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,17 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 1 |