*CONTENT WARNING: Brief historical discussion of asylums / mental institutions*
I'm trying out a new format/series this week. Rather than discussing 10 or so films for an hour and a half, I'll discuss a three-minute scene from a 72-year-old film for fifteen minutes. But boy, was there a wealth of material to plow through. This is definitely recommended to Alice in Wonderland stans and affionados.
*Nearly everything shared is accurate except the chronology of English asylums. The first known facility was built in 1247. But the 19th century was really when patients began to be treated like human beings, so I'm not too far off. You go, Harriet Mattineau and John Conolly!!!*
References:
“A Victorian Mental Asylum.” Science Museum, 13 June 2018, https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/victorian-mental-asylum.
Carroll, Lewis, and Gardner, Martin. The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & through the Looking-Glass. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2015. Book.
Deems, Kasey, and Molly Clark Hillard. “‘We’re All Mad Here’: Mental Illness as Social Disruption in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Seattle University Undergraduate Research Journal, Edited by Emily Boynton and Allison Machlis Meyer, vol. 1, 11 May 2017, pp. 62–76., https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/suurj/vol1/iss1/13/. Accessed 5 Apr. 2023.
de Rooy, Lenny. “Jabberwocky.” Alice-in-Wonderland.net, 5 Mar. 2022, https://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/resources/analysis/poem-origins/jabberwocky/.
Geronimi, Clyde, et al., directors. Disney's Exclusive Archive Collection: Alice in Wonderland. Disney Enterprises, 1995. Laserdisc.
Perk, Hans. “Prod. 2069 (Alice) - Seq. 07.5 - Cheshire Cat.” A. Film. LA, 9 Dec. 2007, http://afilmla.blogspot.com/2007/12/prod-2069-alice-seq-075-cheshire-cat_9.html?m=1.
Salisbury, Mark. Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland: An Illustrated Journey through Time. Disney Editions, 2016. Book.
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