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Colonial Madness

- Psychiatry in French North Africa

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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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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780226429731
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 320
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. maj 2007
  • Størrelse:
  • 228x154x23 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 484 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 13. december 2024
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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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