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Exhibiting madness in museums

by Catharine Coleborne , Dolly MacKinnon

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First published: 2011 1 language ISBN: 9781136660054
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.
Subjects
Material culture Mentally ill Mental illness Psychiatric hospitals Collection management Sources Museum exhibits Psychiatry Museums History

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