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Asylums

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780140137392

  • Length: 336  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 15mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 230g

  • RRP: £12.99

Asylums

  • Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates

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.

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780140137392

  • Length: 336  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 15mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 230g

  • RRP: £12.99

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About the Author

Erving Goffman

Erving Goffman (1922-1982) was one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century. He was Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

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