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Cross, S. 
ORCID: 0000-0003-2301-7318,
2012.
Bedlam in mind: seeing and reading historical images of madness.
European Journal of Cultural Studies, 15 (1), pp. 19-34.
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Abstract
In this article I explore mythical Bedlam of popular imaginings. London's Bethlem Hospital was for centuries a unique institution caring for the insane and its alter ego 'Bedlam' influenced popular stereotypes of insanity. For instance, while the type of vagrant beggar known as a 'Tom of Bedlam' was said to have disappeared from English society with the Restoration, the figure of Mad Tom retained a visual and vocal presence within popular musical culture from the seventeenth century up to the present era. Using the ballad 'Mad Tom o' Bedlam' as a case study, I illustrate how an early modern stereotype of madness has maintained continuity within a popular song tradition whilst undergoing cultural change.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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| Publication Title: | European Journal of Cultural Studies | ||||
| Creators: | Cross, S. | ||||
| Publisher: | Sage | ||||
| Date: | 2012 | ||||
| Volume: | 15 | ||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||
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| Rights: | Copyright 2012 by Sage Publications. All rights reserved. No portion of the contents may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publisher. | ||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Arts and Humanities | ||||
| Record created by: | EPrints Services | ||||
| Date Added: | 09 Oct 2015 10:41 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 17 Apr 2024 10:02 | ||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16709 |
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