Psychiatric Encounters Madness and Modernity in Yucatan, Mexico /

Psychiatric Encounters presents an intimate portrait of a public inpatient psychiatric facility in the Southeastern state of Yucatan, Mexico. The book explores the experiences of patients and psychiatrists as they navigate the challenges of public psychiatric care in Mexico. While international repo...

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egile nagusia: Reyes-Foster, Beatriz M. (Egilea)
Erakunde egilea: Project Muse
Formatua: Licensed eBooks
Hizkuntza:ingelesa
Argitaratua: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Saila:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvscxr9q
Aurkibidea:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD / Manderson, Lenore
  • NOTE ON TEXT
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. COLONIALITY, LA ZONA DEL ESTAR, AND YUCATAN'S MAYA HERITAGE
  • 3. MAKING THE MATRIX
  • 4. MODERNITY
  • 5. NEGOTIATING TRUTH IN THE PSYCHIATRIC ENCOUNTER
  • 6. IN THE HEART OF MADNESS
  • 7. EPILOGUE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR