Boarding School Syndrome: The psychological trauma of the 'privileged' child

by Joy Schaverien

Book Overview

Boarding School Syndrome is an analysis of the trauma of the 'privileged' child sent to boarding school at a young age. Innovative and challenging, Joy Schaverien offers a psychological analysis of the long-established British and colonial preparatory and public boarding school tradition. Richly illustrated with pictures and the narratives of adult ex-boarders in psychotherapy, the book demonstrates how some forms of enduring distress in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415690021
• ISBN13: 9780415690027
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"