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"La Castañeda Insane Asylum 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,…
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5 editions- Paperback · Spanish · 2020La Castañeda Insane AsylumOUP · 258 pages · 9780806167237
- Other · Spanish · 2022CastañedaPenguin Random House Grupo Editorial · 9786073189989
- Other · Spanish · 2022CastañedaPenguin Random House Grupo Editorial · 9786073816168
- Other · Spanish · 2020La Castañeda Insane Asylum280 pages · 9780806168531
- Other · Spanish · 2010Tusquets · 331 pages · 9786074212693
Mentally illHospitales psiquiátricosSourcesPsychiatric hospital careInterviewsEnfermos mentalesEntrevistasManicomio General La Castañeda (México)