Violencias ejercidas en los cuerpos enajenados : encierro terapéutico y privación de derechos civiles. Chile central (1850-1870)

This study explores the relationship between medical science, violence and the sick body in the context of Chilean early alienism through two perspectives : medical isolation (materialized through the Casa de Orates de Santiago) and the deprivation of civil rights through interdiction. The problemat...

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Main Author: María José Correa Gómez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2009-11-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/57798