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Title: Of poorhouses and patronage
Other Titles: Shooting society : documenting contemporary life in Malta
Keywords: Theater -- Malta
Almshouses -- Malta
Photography -- Malta
Theater and society -- Malta
Issue Date: 2012
Publisher: Midsea Books
Citation: Cremona, V. A. (2012). Of poorhouses and patronage. In C. Borg & R. Vella (Eds.), Shooting society : documenting contemporary life in Malta (pp. 136-139).Valletta: Midsea Books.
Abstract: This photo is taken from a site-specific 2010 production by Theatre Anon, cleverly written and directed by Paul Porte Iii, at the Ospizio, or Casa di Carita, in Floriana, Malta. The building, in origin a gunpowder mill, was later turned into a poorhouse for old people, prostitutes, children and the mentally infirm. The latter were known as 'mxajtna', a word deriving from 'xitan' (devil) indicating the association of mental illness with possession by evil spirit s. The building was abandoned when a new institution for mental patients was completed in 1861. [Excerpt]
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/100962
ISBN: 9789993274193
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