SCY3380 - Women, psychiatry and madness
12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL
Undergraduate Faculty of Arts
Leader(s): Jan van Bommel
Offered
Not offered in 2009
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
13 October 2017
18 May 2024