Monash University Handbook 2010 Postgraduate - Unit
ASM4380 - Women, psychiatry and madness
12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL
Synopsis
A socio-historical analysis of the institutionalisation of madness and the current practice of de-institutionalisation. Critical assessment of sociological, medical and feminist theories of femininity, psychiatry and madness. Examine interpretations of psychoanalysis and female subjectivity (Freudian, Lacanian, French feminist).
Assessment
Two essays (4500 words each): 100%
Contact hours
2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week
Prohibitions
SCY3380
