The book focusses on the institutional and non-institutional histories of madness in colonial north India. It proves that 'madness' and its 'cure' are shifting categories which assumed new meanings and significance as knowledge travelled across cultural, medical, national, and regional boundaries.
The book focusses on the institutional and non-institutional histories of madness in colonial north India. It proves that 'madness' and its 'cure' are shifting categories which assumed new meanings and significance as knowledge travelled across cultural, medical, national, and regional boundaries.
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts, Auro University, Surat, Gujarat
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Lunacy and the Colonial State 2 Managing Madness: Architecture, Medicine, and Personnel 3 Everyday Histories: Life inside the Asylum Walls 4 Case Notes and Histories: Insanity, Institutions, and Individuals 5 Indigenous Traditions, Modernity, and Madness Epilogue Appendices B ibliography Index About the Author
List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Lunacy and the Colonial State 2 Managing Madness: Architecture, Medicine, and Personnel 3 Everyday Histories: Life inside the Asylum Walls 4 Case Notes and Histories: Insanity, Institutions, and Individuals 5 Indigenous Traditions, Modernity, and Madness Epilogue Appendices B ibliography Index About the Author
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