La Castañeda : narrativas dolientes desde el Manicomio General México, 1910-1930
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Ciudad de México : Debolsillo, 2022.
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Published
Ciudad de México : Debolsillo, 2022.
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Book
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382 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
Spanish

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-370) and index.
Description
La historia de este manicomio mexicano, fundado en 1910, se desarrolla entre diálogos obsesivos de internos, doctores, familiares y otros personajes alrededor del tema de la locura. En ellos se habla de fe, sexo, pobreza, pérdida, rencor, celos, amor y política. Los médicos traducían lo que escuchaban a los términos de la incipiente psiquiatría, mientras que los internos lograban transmitir sus experiencias personales e historias íntimas a través del padecimiento mental. La Castañeda fue un hospital, una cárcel apenas disfrazada; una última oportunidad. Para algunos fue una ciudad de juguete; para otros, una metáfora de los tiempos que estaban por venir.
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This book is the first inside view of the workings of La Castañeda General Insane Asylum -- a public mental health institution founded in Mexico City in 1910 only months before the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution. It links life within the asylum's walls to the radical transformations brought about as Mexico entered the Revolution's armed phase and then endured under succeeding modernizing regimes. Author Cristina Rivera Garza brings the history of La Castañeda asylum to life as inmates, doctors, relatives, and others engage in dialogues on insanity. They discuss faith, sex, poverty, loss, resentment, envy, love, and politics. Doctors translated what they heard into the emerging language of psychiatry, while inmates conveyed their personal experiences and private histories through expressions of mental suffering. The language of pain -- physical and spiritual, mild to excruciating -- allowed patients to detail the sources and consequences of their misfortune.
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En español = In Spanish.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Rivera Garza, C. (2022). La Castañeda: narrativas dolientes desde el Manicomio General México, 1910-1930 (Primera edición en Debolsillo.). Debolsillo.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rivera Garza, Cristina, 1964-. 2022. La Castañeda: Narrativas Dolientes Desde El Manicomio General México, 1910-1930. Debolsillo.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rivera Garza, Cristina, 1964-. La Castañeda: Narrativas Dolientes Desde El Manicomio General México, 1910-1930 Debolsillo, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Rivera Garza, Cristina. La Castañeda: Narrativas Dolientes Desde El Manicomio General México, 1910-1930 Primera edición en Debolsillo., Debolsillo, 2022.

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