Asylums
Asylums
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Zusammenfassung
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.
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Asylums by Erving Goffman
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.
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780140137392 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140137394 |
| Titel | Asylums |
| Autor | Erving Goffman |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1991-08-29 |
| Seitenanzahl | 336 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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