{"product_id":"behind-walls-katrin-luchsinger-9783039420568","title":"Behind Walls: Photography in Psychiatric Institutions from 1880 to 1935","description":"\u003cb\u003eDrawing on previously untapped historical photo archives in Switzerland, a visual history of the modernization of psychiatric hospitals.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Many psychiatric hospitals in Switzerland house a treasure trove of historical photographs that go back to the nineteenth century and until now have never been studied properly. Glass slides and negatives, loose paper prints, and photo albums allow fascinating insights into the modernization of these establishments--and at the same time into the history of photography. Even as a new medium, photography was used by psychiatrists to record diagnoses, as well as to show the public life behind institutional walls. Thanks to increasingly handy cameras, it was also possible to record the hospital residents' modest celebrations, as well as leisure and creative activities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind Walls\u003c\/i\u003e gathers these visual testimonials of life and scientific practice in psychiatric institutions from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, making them accessible to the public for the first time. The accompanying essays critically study the use of photography as a medium in psychiatry from different perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katrin Luchsinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3039420569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783039420568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scheidegger and Spiess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.65h x 9.29w x 0.63d","brand":"Katrin Luchsinger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078798962943,"sku":"9783039420568","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e06de8ee-8c75-4808-94ef-c3d4601244a2.jpg?v=1685477586","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/behind-walls-katrin-luchsinger-9783039420568","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}