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Ten Days in A Madhouse

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The narrative follows investigative journalist Nellie Bly as she feigns insanity to expose the harsh realities of Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum in 1887. Through her harrowing ten-day experience, she uncovers the brutal treatment and neglect faced by patients in a facility overwhelmed by scandal and overcrowding. The book highlights the societal attitudes of the 1880s towards mental illness, portraying individuals not as patients deserving care but as dangerous lunatics requiring confinement and control.

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Ten Days in A Madhouse, Nellie Bly

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Jazyk
anglicky
Rok vydania
2018
Väzba
mäkká
Počet strán
138
ISBN13
9781936709250
Série
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4 z 5
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The narrative follows investigative journalist Nellie Bly as she feigns insanity to expose the harsh realities of Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum in 1887. Through her harrowing ten-day experience, she uncovers the brutal treatment and neglect faced by patients in a facility overwhelmed by scandal and overcrowding. The book highlights the societal attitudes of the 1880s towards mental illness, portraying individuals not as patients deserving care but as dangerous lunatics requiring confinement and control.