Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient
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Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient is a semi-autobiographical work by Beat Generation figure Carl Solomon, reflecting on his experiences with psychiatric treatment and institutionalization.
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| Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient canonical | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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semi-autobiographical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American counterculture
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anti-psychiatry discourse ⓘ |
| author | Carl Solomon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
conditions in mid-20th-century asylums
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experience of shock treatment ⓘ life in a psychiatric hospital ⓘ |
| genre |
Beat literature
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autobiographical literature ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalBasis | true ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Beat Generation views of madness ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
freedom and confinement
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identity under psychiatric control ⓘ individual vs. institution ⓘ sanity and insanity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Beat Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
electroconvulsive therapy
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institutionalization ⓘ mental illness ⓘ psychiatric treatment ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of electroshock therapy from a patient’s perspective
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insider account of asylum life by a Beat Generation figure ⓘ |
| portrays |
alienation
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patient–doctor relationships ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ social stigma of mental illness ⓘ |
| relatedPerson | Allen Ginsberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Howl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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