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Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates 1st edition
Erving Goffman
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Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates 1st edition
Erving Goffman
A total institution is defined by Goffman as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated, individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life
408 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 2, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138507463 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 408 |
| Dimensions | 231 × 153 × 30 mm · 592 g |
| Language | English |
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