Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
Erving Goffman analyzes the social dynamics inside total institutions, focusing on how mental hospitals and similar settings affect the identities and daily lives of patients and inmates.
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Erving Goffman examines the structure and daily realities of total institutions such as mental hospitals.
The work explores how institutional routines shape the identities and behaviors of those confined within them.
Key concepts such as the moral career of the mental patient and the presentation of self are introduced and discussed.
The essays draw on observational research to highlight the social dynamics between staff and inmates.
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