Therapeutic Revolutions: Medicine, Psychiatry, and American Culture, 1945-1970 b

Description: Therapeutic Revolutions by Martin Halliwell Examines the evolving relationship between American medicine, psychiatry, and culture from World War II to the dawn of the 1970s. In this richly layered intellectual history, Martin Halliwell ranges from national politics, public reports, and healthcare debates to the ways in which film, literature, and the mass media provided cultural channels for shaping and challenging preconceptions about health and illness. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Therapeutic Revolutions examines the evolving relationship between American medicine, psychiatry, and culture from World War II to the dawn of the 1970s. In this richly layered intellectual history, Martin Halliwell ranges from national politics, public reports, and healthcare debates to the ways in which film, literature, and the mass media provided cultural channels for shaping and challenging preconceptions about health and illness.Beginning with a discussion of the profound impact of World War II and the Cold War on mental health, Halliwell moves from the influence of work, family, and growing up in the Eisenhower years to the critique of institutional practice and the search for alternative therapeutic communities during the 1960s. Blending a discussion of such influential postwar thinkers as Erich Fromm, William Menninger, Erving Goffman, Erik Erikson, and Herbert Marcuse with perceptive readings of a range of cultural text that illuminate mental health issues--among them Spellbound, Shock Corridor, Revolutionary Road, and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden--this compelling study argues that the postwar therapeutic revolutions closely interlink contrasting discourses of authority and liberation. Author Biography MARTIN HALLIWELL is a professor of American studies and deputy pro-vice-chancellor for Internationalization at the University of Leicester, U.K. He was the 18th chair of the British Association for American Studies (2010-13), he is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and the author of eight monographs and two edited volumes, most recently William James and the Transatlantic Conversation. Table of Contents Introduction: The Therapeutic Revolutions of Postwar America Part One Fragmentation: 1945– 1953 1 Going Home: World War II and Demobilization 2 In the Noir Mirror: Neurosis, Aggression, and Disguise 3 Ground Zero: Science, Medicine, and the Cold WarPart Two Organization: 1953–1961 4 Organization Men: Individualism Versus Incorporation 5 In the Family Circle: The Suburban Medicine Cabinet 6 Outside the Circle: Growing Pains, Delinquency, and SexualityPart Three Reorganization: 1961–1970 7 Institutions of Care and Oppression: Another America Speaks 8 The Human Face of Therapy: Humanistic and Existential Trends 9 Counterculture: Dissent, Drugs, and Holistic Communities Conclusion: Beyond the Two Cultures? Review "Martin Halliwell offers fresh and inventive insights into the postwar period, showing mastery over an amazing range of material to demonstrate how fully the therapeutic triumphed in American culture." -- Stephen Whitfield * author of The Culture of the Cold War *"Following varied terms of health and illness, mind and body, through successive changes in the healing arts, Halliwell shows the postwar triumph of the therapeutic in a wholly new light." -- Howard Brick * Louis Evans Professor of History University of Michigan *"Therapeutic Revolutions makes a very good read. It should be on the reading list of every scholar concerned with postwar America, especially with the nature of therapeutic culture." * Reviews in American History *"Martin Halliwells Therapeutic Revolutions traces the major post-World War II transformations in medicine and psychiatry through the lens of popular culture. To accomplish this ambitious goal, he uses an immense number of sources that include movies, novels, poetry, television shows, popular music, magazine stories, and government and foundation reports, as well as scholarly books, articles, ethnographies, and Ph.D. theses ... The strengths of this book stem from Halliwells comprehensive analysis of an astonishing array of diffuse material." * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *"When it comes to changes and culture, Halliwell knows his subject area. Throughout the book, he reveals his deep and thorough understanding of these diverse events as they evolved in the developing therapeutic revolutions. He does so through a careful analysis of the writings of the periods therapeutic authorities, integrated with abundant examples from American popular culture. Throughout the book, Halliwell convincingly shows that the variables—events, popular culture, and postwar therapies—emerged as interdependent constructions." * H-Disability, H-Net Reviews * Long Description Therapeutic Revolutions examines the evolving relationship between American medicine, psychiatry, and culture from World War II to the dawn of the 1970s. In this richly layered intellectual history, Martin Halliwell ranges from national politics, public reports, and healthcare debates to the ways in which film, literature, and the mass media provided cultural channels for shaping and challenging preconceptions about health and illness. Beginning with a discussion of the profound impact of World War II and the Cold War on mental health, Halliwell moves from the influence of work, family, and growing up in the Eisenhower years to the critique of institutional practice and the search for alternative therapeutic communities during the 1960s. Blending a discussion of such influential postwar thinkers as Erich Fromm, William Menninger, Erving Goffman, Erik Erikson, and Herbert Marcuse with perceptive readings of a range of cultural text that illuminate mental health issues--among them Spellbound, Shock Corridor, Revolutionary Road, and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden --this compelling study argues that the postwar therapeutic revolutions closely interlink contrasting discourses of authority and liberation. Review Quote "When it comes to changes and culture, Halliwell knows his subject area. Throughout the book, he reveals his deep and thorough understanding of these diverse events as they evolved in the developing therapeutic revolutions. He does so through a careful analysis of the writings of the periods therapeutic authorities, integrated with abundant examples from American popular culture. Throughout the book, Halliwell convincingly shows that the variables--events, popular culture, and postwar therapies--emerged as interdependent constructions." Description for Reader MARTIN HALLIWELL is a professor of American studies and deputy pro-vice-chancellor for Internationalization at the University of Leicester, U.K. He was the 18th chair of the British Association for American Studies (2010-13), he is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and the author of eight monographs and two edited volumes, most recently William James and the Transatlantic Conversation . Details ISBN0813560659 Author Martin Halliwell Publisher Rutgers University Press Year 2014 ISBN-10 0813560659 ISBN-13 9780813560656 Format Paperback Short Title THERAPEUTIC REVOLUTIONS Language English Media Book Audience Age 18-22 Imprint Rutgers University Press Subtitle Medicine, Psychiatry, and American Culture, 1945-1970 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2014-09-30 NZ Release Date 2014-09-30 UK Release Date 2014-08-30 DEWEY 362.19689 Audience Professional & Vocational Pages 448 Edition Description First Paperback Edition Publication Date 2014-09-30 Place of Publication New Brunswick NJ Alternative 9780813560649 Illustrations 21 illustrations US Release Date 2014-09-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161724722;

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