Miller, G. (2015) Psychiatric penguins: writing on psychiatry for Penguin Books Ltd, c.1950-c.1980. History of the Human Sciences, 28(4), pp. 76-101. (doi: 10.1177/0952695115586121)
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Abstract
The British mass-market publisher Penguin produced a number of texts on psychiatric topics in the period c.1950–c.1980. Investigation of editorial files relating to a sample of these volumes reveals that they were shaped as much by the commercial imperatives and changing aspirations of the publisher as by developments and debates in psychiatry itself. A number of economic imperatives influenced the publishing process, including the perennial difficulty in finding psychiatrists willing and able to enter the popular book market; the economic pressures exerted on peer-review protocols; and the identification of a niche market in popular psychiatry, latterly of a politically radical flavour. As well as offering a materialist standpoint for the study of popular psychiatric texts, this investigation allows an opportunity to adapt, apply and assess theoretical approaches to mass-market publishing by psychiatrists.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Miller, Dr Gavin |
| Authors: | Miller, G. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature |
| Journal Name: | History of the Human Sciences |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| ISSN: | 0952-6951 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1461-720X |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2015 The Author |
| First Published: | First published in History of the Human Sciences 28(4):76-101 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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