Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Parsons will share a section of her book manuscript Return of the Asylum: Deinstitutionalization and the Rise of Prisons. In 1946, Mary Jane Ward published the semi-autobiographical novel The Snake Pit, in which she lambasted the abuses of power and therapeutic authority in state mental hospitals. This paper explores how the filmmaker Anatole Litvak and other cultural critics twisted Ward’s critiques, using The Snake Pit as a call for reform and more hospital construction – in direct opposition to the claims of The Snake Pit.

This event will be held in the EUC Sharpe Room

Please contact the Women’s & Gender Studies Program at wgs@uncg.edu (e-mail is preferred method) or336-334-4323 at least one week prior to the event to request disability accommodations. In all situations, a good faith effort (up until the time of the event) will be made to provide accommodations.

When: Nov 03, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location: EUC Sharpe Room, UNCG