The last asylum : a memoir of madness in our times / Barbara Taylor.
By: Taylor, Barbara [author.].
Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2015]Description: xx, 295 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226273921 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Taylor, Barbara, 1950 April 11- -- Mental health | London (England). County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch | Friern Hospital | Mental illness | Mentally ill women -- Institutional care -- Great Britain | Psychiatric hospitals -- England -- LondonGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Beginning -- History -- Spain -- Genius -- Dead babies -- God -- Sex -- Hunger -- Filth -- Crisis -- Women -- Bad dreaming -- Inferno -- The Asylum -- First Day -- In the bin -- Psychoanalysis and psychiatry -- Friendship -- Mad women -- Day patient -- The hostel -- Change -- Separation -- Cure -- Stories -- Endings.
| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Shelf | RC451.4.W6 T38 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000009214 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-287) and index.
Beginning -- History -- Spain -- Genius -- Dead babies -- God -- Sex -- Hunger -- Filth -- Crisis -- Women -- Bad dreaming -- Inferno -- The Asylum -- First Day -- In the bin -- Psychoanalysis and psychiatry -- Friendship -- Mad women -- Day patient -- The hostel -- Change -- Separation -- Cure -- Stories -- Endings.