Colonial Madness : Psychiatry in French North Africa
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0226429733
ISBN-13
9780226429731
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 1st, 2007
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
484 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 22.80 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
History of ideasSocial discrimination & inequalityEthnic studiesHistory of medicinePsychiatry
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Nineteenth-century French writers and travelers imagined Muslim colonies in North Africa to be realms of violence, sexuality, and primitive madness. This book traces genealogy and development of this idea from beginnings of colonial expansion onwards, revealing ways in which psychiatry has been a weapon in arsenal of colonial racism.
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