Madness and Marginality : The Lives of Kenya's White Insane

Name: Madness and Marginality
Brand: Manchester University Press
SKU: 9780719088896
Price: 15300 KES
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ISBN: 9780719088896

by Will Jackson

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Format Hardback

Book Series Studies in Imperialism

ISBN-10 0719088895

ISBN-13 9780719088896

Publisher Manchester University Press

Imprint Manchester University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 1st, 2013

Print length 224 Pages

Weight 494 grams

Dimensions 24.00 x 15.70 x 2.20 cms

Product Classification: African history 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 Colonialism & imperialism Mental health services History African history Colonialism and imperialism

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Based on over 250 psychiatric case files, this book traces the lives of Kenya’s ‘white insane’ to focus not on the ‘great white hunters’ and heroic pioneer farmers but on those Europeans who did not manage to emulate the colonial ideal. In doing so, the book raises important new questions around deviance, transgression and social control. -- .

Based on over two hundred and fifty psychiatric case files, this book offers a radical new departure from existing historical accounts of what is still commonly thought of as the most picturesque of Britain’s colonies overseas. By tracing the life histories of Kenya’s ‘white insane’, the book allows for a new account of settler society: one that moves attention away from the ‘great white hunters’ and heroic pioneer farmers to all those Europeans who did not manage to emulate the colonial ideal. In doing so, it raises important new questions around deviance, transgression and social control. Sitting at the intersection of a number of fields, the book will appeal to students and teachers of imperial history, colonial medicine, African history and postcolonial theory and will prove a valuable addition to both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. -- .

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