ASM4380

Women, psychiatry and madness

(ART)

Jan van Bommel

12 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: A socio-historical analysis of the institutionalisation of madness and the current practice of de-institutionalisation. Critical assessment of sociological, medical and feminist theories of femininity, psychiatry and madness. Examine interpretations of psychoanalysis and female subjectivity (Freudian, Lacanian, French feminist).

Assessment: Two essays (4500 words each): 100%