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‘L’alienato nella cella è libero.’ Mario Tobino Between Le libere donne di Magliano and Per le antiche scale

Fiorucci, Wissia (2019) ‘L’alienato nella cella è libero.’ Mario Tobino Between Le libere donne di Magliano and Per le antiche scale. In: Diazzi, Alessandra and Sforza Tarabochia, Alvise, eds. The Years of Alienation in Italy. Factory and Asylum from the Economic Miracle to the Years of Lead. Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 229-245. ISBN 978-3-030-15149-2. E-ISBN 978-3-030-15150-8. (KAR id:83391)

Abstract

Wissia Fiorucci analyzes Tobino’s fictional works, set in an asylum and based on his experience as director of the asylum of Maggiano, Lucca. Contrary to what has been said so far by the majority of scholars, Fiorucci endorses Andreoli’s claim that Tobino should be held responsible for the unprofessional and uncritical representation of institutional psychiatry, which, Fiorucci claims, are derived from his lack of institutional analysis and a romanticized and unscientific view of mental disorders.

Item Type: Book section
Uncontrolled keywords: psychiatry asylum psychiatric reform law 180 mario tobino franco basaglia
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PQ Romance Literature > PQ4001 Italian Literature
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Depositing User: Wissia Fiorucci
Date Deposited: 12 Oct 2020 14:55 UTC
Last Modified: 12 Oct 2020 14:57 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/83391 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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