Exhibiting madness in museums
Subtitle: remembering psychiatry through collections and display
By: edited by Catharine Coleborne and Dolly MacKinnon
Series: Routledge research in museum studies -- 4
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780415880923; 9780203807101
Subjects: Material culture; Mentally ill; Mental illness; Psychiatric hospitals; Collection management; Sources; Museum exhibits; Psychiatry; Museums; History
Description: This innovative collection of essays offers a comparative history of independent and institutional collections of psychiatric objects in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom. Leading scholars in the field investigate collectors, collections, their display, and the reactions to exhibitions of the history of insanity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.