Mother Folly A Tale |
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| Author:
| Davoine, Françoise |
| Translator:
| Miller, Judith G. |
| Series title: | Cultural Memory in the Present Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-8277-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $130.00 |
Book Description:
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A fictionalized hybrid of personal memoir, case studies, dream sequences, and theoretical reflection, this book on madness, trauma and psychiatry uses a fictional form to engage with psychotic experience and to make the case for a less mechanized, more humane treatment of "fools and madmen."
A fictionalized hybrid of personal memoir, case studies, dream sequences, and theoretical reflection, this book on madness, trauma and psychiatry uses a fictional form to engage with psychotic experience and to make the case for a less mechanized, more humane treatment of "fools and madmen."