Colonial Madness: Psychiatry in French North Africa - Richard C. Keller - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226429724 - May 1, 2007
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Richard C. Keller
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.

320 pages, 10 halftones

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Released May 1, 2007
ISBN13 9780226429724
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 320
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   539 g
Language English  

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