Lunatic Asylums in Colonial Bombay: Shackled Bodies, Unchained Minds

by Sarah Ann Pinto

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This book traces the historical roots of the problems in India's mental health care system. It accounts for indigenous experiences of the lunatic asylum in the Bombay Presidency (1793-1921). The book argues that the colonial lunatic asylum failed to assimilate into Indian society and therefore remained a failed colonial-medical enterprise. It begins by assessing the implications of lunatic asylums on indigenous knowledge and healing traditions...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:3030068188

ISBN13:9783030068189

Release Date:December 2018

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:242 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"

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