Imperial bedlam : institutions of madness in colonial southwest Nigeria /

This historical study examines primary source material, writings by African patients in these institutions and the reports of officials, doctors, and others, to discuss the meaning of madness in Nigeria, the development of colonial psychiatry, and the connections between them. This book follows the...

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Päätekijä: Sadowsky, Jonathan Hal
Aineistotyyppi: Licensed eBooks
Kieli:englanti
Julkaistu: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Sarja:Medicine and society ; 10.
Linkit:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21343
Sisällysluettelo:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Nineteenth Century: From Pity to Alarm
  • 3. Material Conditions and the Politics of Care
  • 4. "Proper Subjects for Confinement"
  • 5. The Confinements of Isaac O.: A Case of "Acute Mania"
  • 6. Psychiatry and Colonial Ideology
  • 7. Conclusion.