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Reasoning Against Madness: Psychiatry and the State in Rio de Janeiro, 1830-1944 (Rochester Studies in Medical History)
Manuella Meyer
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Description for Reasoning Against Madness: Psychiatry and the State in Rio de Janeiro, 1830-1944 (Rochester Studies in Medical History)
Hardcover. Examines the emergence of Brazilian psychiatry during a period of national regeneration, demonstrating how socio-political negotiations can shape psychiatric professionalization Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Reasoning against Madness: Psychiatry and the State in Rio de Janeiro, 1830-1944 examines the emergence of Brazilian psychiatry, looking at how its practitioners fashioned themselves as the key architects in the project of national regeneration. The book's narrative involves a cast of varied characters in an unstable context: psychiatrists, Catholic representatives, spiritist leaders, state officials, and the mentally ill, all caught in the shifting landscape of modern state formation. Manuella Meyer investigates the key junctures at which psychiatrists sought to establish their authority and the ways in which their adversaries challenged this authority. These moments ... Read more
Reasoning against Madness: Psychiatry and the State in Rio de Janeiro, 1830-1944 examines the emergence of Brazilian psychiatry, looking at how its practitioners fashioned themselves as the key architects in the project of national regeneration. The book's narrative involves a cast of varied characters in an unstable context: psychiatrists, Catholic representatives, spiritist leaders, state officials, and the mentally ill, all caught in the shifting landscape of modern state formation. Manuella Meyer investigates the key junctures at which psychiatrists sought to establish their authority and the ways in which their adversaries challenged this authority. These moments ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Rochester Studies in Medical History
Condition
New
Weight
665g
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580465786
SKU
V9781580465786
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Reviews for Reasoning Against Madness: Psychiatry and the State in Rio de Janeiro, 1830-1944 (Rochester Studies in Medical History)
[V]ital reading for scholars interested in the growing literature on the global history of medicine and public health. JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES [A] fine piece of scholarship based on solid research. It will be mandatory reading for everybody interested in the history of psychiatry in Latin America and in the ... Read more