SCY3380 - Women, Psychiatry and Madness

Leader: Jan van Bommel

Offered

Clayton Second semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

We will begin with a socio-historical analysis of the institutionalisation of madness and its current practice of de-institutionalisation. We will then critically assess sociological, medical and feminist theories of femininity, psychiatry and madness. We will examine various interpretations of psychoanalysis and female subjectivity (Freudian, Lacanian, French feminist).

Assessment

Two essays (3000 words each): 70%
Seminar presentation (2000 words): 20%
Seminar participation: 10%

Contact hours

3 hours (1 x 3 hour seminar) per week

Prerequisites

A first-year sequence in Sociology or permission

Prohibitions

ASM4370