A thorough investigation of the meaning of being a child in our society.

Dangerously Young: Child in Danger, Child as Danger

Politics & Social Sciences

Allegaert, Patrick

Dendooven, Gerda

Adriaenssens, Peter

Vanobbergen, Bruno

Social Sciences

Lannoo Publishers (Acc)

From taboo to embarrassment, from prudishness to awkwardness, from blushing to guilty pleasures. This book, and the corresponding exhibition at The Museum Dr. Guislain in Ghent, focuses on the feeling that is omnipresent but difficult to comprehend. 'Shame,' you may feel it when you've accidently said something inappropriate in public, or you may feel it as a result of your small or larger physical imperfections, as a result of poverty, or even psychological problems. Shame surprises us when we least expect it, but there are many different reasons to feel ashamed. Character, but also time, place and culture also play a role. With objects from other cultures, historical psychiatry documents, testimonies, essays and illustrations, the exhibition and the book approach the feeling from many different angles. Contemporary artists categorise the feeling in paintings, sculptures, photography and video. Text in English, Dutch and French. Also available from The Museum Dr. Guislain: War and Trauma ISBN 9789491376634 Characteristic Faces ISBN 9789401421874

Shame (English and French Edition)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Dewulf, Bernard

Faber, Paul

Peters, Evert

Mental Health

Richly illustrated book accompanying an exhibition that tells the story of fools, idiots and madmen, whilst stressing the importance of mental wellbeing in an increasingly complex society The exhibition runs from 12 October 2019 to 31 December 2020, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent Madness deranges, throws us off balance, and makes us lose our footing. Yet some writers claim that madness is an enlargement of normality. But how can that which we cannot control belong to 'normality'? And what is normality? For more than 30 years, the permanent display on psychiatry has been the very heart of the Museum Dr. Guislain in Ghent. The history of psychiatry is the inspiration for new thematic exhibitions every year, in which the museum seeks to dislodge entrenched views and deep-rooted stigmas and reframe them in the context of today. In October 2019, this permanent display received a make-over and has been presented under the title 'Unhinged', in which the Museum Dr. Guislain offers a fresh look at its own history as a museum. The richly illustrated publication explores the boundaries of the traditional and goes in search of the sane in the insane. It provides an overview of psychiatry on the basis of five contemporary themes that enter into dialogue with each other: 'power and powerlessness', 'body and mind', 'architecture', 'classification' and 'imagination'. Historical documents are also put side by side with contemporary art, creating a dynamic interpretation. This new approach reflects today's 'crazy' society, in which, happily, increasing attention is being paid to psychological vulnerability, but in which mental health care is also facing new challenges more than ever.

Unhinged: On Jitterbugs, Melancholics and Mad-Doctors

Arts & Photography

Scull, Andrew

Marius, Bart

Photography & Video

Cannibal Publishing

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