Shilpi Rajpal

Curing Madness?

A Social and Cultural History of Insanity in Colonial North India, 1800-1950s

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780190128012
• ISBN-10: 0190128011
• Artikelnr.: 60746573

Autorenporträt

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