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Collected Item: “'Queering the narrative' in the archival records at Bethlem Museum of the Mind”

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'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

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https://museumofthemind.org.uk/blog/queering-the-narrative-in-the-archival-records-at-bethlem-museum-of-the-mind
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