Music, theater, and the moral treatment: the Casa dei Matti in Aversa and Palermo

In the first half of the nineteenth century, the Casa dei Matti in Aversa and Palermo were renowned throughout Europe for using music to treat the insane. In an innovative approach to mental illness inspired by Pinel’s moral treatment, patients took regular part in theatrical productions, operas, an...

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Main Author: Carmel Raz
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: École Normale Supérieure de Lyon Editions 2017-11-01
Series:Laboratoire Italien
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/laboratoireitalien/1581
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