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9780520216174

Imperial Bedlam

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520216174

  • ISBN10:

    0520216172

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-09-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

An elegantly-argued study of insane asylums in colonial Nigeria. The author uses fascinating sources, including writings of the inmates, to explore the cultural variations of madness, and the colonial contradictions of psychiatric theory.

Table of Contents

PREFACE vii(2)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
1. Introduction
1(11)
2. The Nineteenth Century: From Pity to Alarm
12(14)
3. Material Conditions and the Politics of Care
26(22)
4. "Proper Subjects for Confinement"
48(30)
5. The Confinements of Isaac O.: A Case of "Acute Mania"
78(19)
6. Psychiatry and Colonial Ideology
97(14)
7. Conclusion
111(8)
NOTES 119(30)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 149(18)
INDEX 167

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