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Colonial Psychiatry and the African Mind
McCulloch, Jock (Deakin University, Victoria)
Colonial Psychiatry and the African Mind
McCulloch, Jock (Deakin University, Victoria)
In this history of psychiatry in colonial Africa, Jock McCulloch describes the clinical approaches of well-known European practitioners, including Frantz Fanon and Wulf Sachs. By exploring the association between settler ideology and psychiatric research, this study examines colonial science as a system of knowledge and power.
196 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | January 27, 1995 |
ISBN13 | 9780521453301 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 196 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 14 mm · 362 g |
Language | English |