- Asylums, Mentally ill, Psychiatric hospitals, Sociological aspects
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.
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Cool, grave, contemplative and earnest.
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- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Erving Goffman
- First published
- August 29, 1991
- Pages
- 386
- Publisher
- Anchor, Taylor & Francis Group, Penguin UK
- Editions
- 26
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISBN
- 9780140137392
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“Every institution captures something of the time and interest of its members and provides something of a world for them; in brief, every institution has encompassing tendencies.”
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