by Nellie Bly · Ediciones Buck · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493747916
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«Diez días en un manicomio» is the journalistic chronicle by Nellie Bly, published by Ediciones Buck in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
Nellie Bly, a reporter for the New York World, poses as a mentally ill woman to be admitted to an asylum and describe what happens inside. Over ten days she documents spoiled food, dirty water, mistreatment by the attendants, and an unsanitary environment. Her account, published upon her release, spurred reforms in psychiatric care.
Translation by David Cruz Acevedo; part of the North American Narrative collection.
For readers interested in investigative journalism and the history of mental health treatment.
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and for an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She ushered in the era of stunt girl reporting and helped advance a new kind of immersion journalism.
