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Asylums : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780385000161 : 0385000162 : 01 Jul 1990 : Asylums is an analysis of life in "total institutions"" -- closed worlds such as prisons, army training camps, naval vessels, boarding schools, monastaries, nursing homes and mental hospitals -- where the inmates are regimented, surrounded by other inmates, and unable to leave the premises. It describes what these institutions make of the inmate, and what he or she can make of life inside them. Special attention is focused on mental hospitals, drawing on the author's year of field work at St. Elizabeth..."Read More

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    Asylums is an analysis of life in "total institutions"--closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. It focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person and how the person can deal with life on the inside.

  • 0385000162
  • 9780385000161
  • Erving Goffman
  • 1 July 1990
  • Anchor Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 386
  • Reprint
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