Colonialism and transnational psychiatry : the development of an Indian mental hospital in British India, c. 1925-1940 / / Waltraud Ernst [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Ernst Waltraud <1955->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Anthem Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 274 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 362.2/10954
• Soggetto topico: Psychiatry - India - History - 20th century; Psychiatric hospitals - India - History - 20th century; Psychoanalysis and colonialism - India; Psychoanalysis and racism - India - History - 20th century; Medical policy - Great Britain
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Indianisation and its discontents -- The patients -- Institutional trends and standardisation -- Classifications, types of disorder and aetiology -- Treatments.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book focuses on the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, the largest public psychiatric facility in colonial India during the 1920s and 1930s. It breaks new ground by offering unique material for a critical engagement with the phenomenon of the 'indigenisation' or 'Indianisation' of the colonial medical services and the significance of international professional networks. The work also provides a detailed assessment of the role of gender and race in this field, and of Western and culturally specific medical treatments and diagnoses. The volume offers an unprecedented look at both the local and global factors that had a strong bearing on hospital management and psychiatric treatment at this institution.
• Altri titoli varianti: Colonialism & Transnational Psychiatry
• Titolo autorizzato: Colonialism and transnational psychiatry
• ISBN: 0-85728-080-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453304603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Anthem Modern South Asian History