Colonial Madness: Psychiatry in French North Africa

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2007
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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.

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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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 15 May 2007
ISBN 10: 0226429733
ISBN 13: 9780226429731