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Du Plessis, Rory
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2014-06-05T11:55:14Z |
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2014-06-05T11:55:14Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Studying the history of the Grahamstown Lunatic Asylum under the medical superintendency of Dr Thomas Duncan Greenlees (1890-1907), the nature of imaging the institution emerged as a point of interest. This article specifically explores how Greenlees promoted and popularised the asylum in order to gain custom from private patients. I argue that one way in which Greenlees created patronage was through the cultivation of a public image of the asylum as ideally suited to the care of middle class patients, as well as promising restoration and recuperation from insanity. In this manner, the image-making of the asylum provided a vital tool to counter public fears and stigma. Furthermore, Greenlees's image-making acted as a form of public relations with the broader community to initiate public confidence in the establishment. |
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am2014 |
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dc.description.librarian |
gv2014 |
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http://www.imageandtext.up.ac.za/ |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Du Plessis, R 2013, 'Promoting and popularising the asylum : photography and asylum image-making at the Grahamstown Lunatic Asylum, 1890-1907', Image & Text , no. 22, pp. 99-132. |
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1020-1497 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40011 |
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dc.publisher |
Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria |
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Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria |
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dc.subject |
Grahamstown Lunatic Asylum |
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dc.subject |
Thomas Duncan Greenlees |
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Photography |
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dc.subject |
Lunatic asylums |
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dc.subject |
Michel Foucault |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Asylums -- Grahamstown -- South Africa |
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dc.title |
Promoting and popularising the asylum : photography and asylum image-making at the Grahamstown Lunatic Asylum, 1890-1907 |
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dc.type |
Article |
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