Performance, Madness and Psychiatry: Isolated Acts (Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series)

by Anna Harpin (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2014

  $146.69

  This exciting collection of essays explores the complex area of madness and performance. The book spans from the 18th century to the present and unearths the overlooked history of theatre and performance in, and about, psychiatric asylums and hospitals. The book will appeal to historians, social scientists, theatre scholars, and artists alike.