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Asylums is an analysis of life in "total institutions"--closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. It focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person and how the person can deal with life... read more
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Every institution captures something of the time and interest of its members and provides something of a world for them; in brief, every institution has encompassing tendencies.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Erving Goffman (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 362.21
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