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Curing madness? : a social and cultural history of insanity in colonial north India, 1800-1950s /

This text focuses 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 re...

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Main Author: Rajpal, Shilpi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Mental illness > Treatment > India, North > History > 19th century.
Mental illness > Treatment > India, North > History > 20th century.
Mentally ill > Care > India, North > History > 19th century.
Mentally ill > Care > India, North > History > 20th century.
Maladies mentales > Traitement > Inde (Nord) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Maladies mentales > Traitement > Inde (Nord) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > Soins > Inde (Nord) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > Soins > Inde (Nord) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mental illness > Treatment
Mentally ill > Care
North India
1800-1999
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Summary:This text focuses 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.
Item Description:This edition also issued in print: 2020.
Physical Description:1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190993337
0190993332