Collected Item: “'Queering the narrative' in the archival records at Bethlem Museum of the Mind”
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Contribution Title
'Queering the narrative' in the archival records at Bethlem Museum of the Mind
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Looking at the possibilities and perils of investigating same-sex attraction in the historic records of psychiatry.
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An image from the 1913 casebook of Bethlem Royal Hospital showing the entry of Charles Branscombe, where he talks to a doctor of committing an 'unpardonable sin'
Content Type
Blog
Subject (1)
History of Medicine
Subject (2)
History of Gender, Sex and Sexualities
Subject (3)
LGBTQ+ History
Geographical Area (1)
Europe
Geographical Area (2)
Britain and Ireland
Time Period
20th Century
Time Period (2)
18th-19th Century
Contribution URL
https://museumofthemind.org.uk/blog/queering-the-narrative-in-the-archival-records-at-bethlem-museum-of-the-mind