Imperial bedlam : institutions of madness in colonial southwest Nigeria / Jonathan Sadowsky.

By:

Sadowsky, Jonathan Hal

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520921856
0520921852
0585119783
9780585119786

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Imperial bedlam.DDC classification:

362.2/1/09669 21

LOC classification:

RC451.N5 S23 1999eb

NLM classification:

W1
WM 27 HN5

Other classification:

15.80
44.01
MS 6250

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Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. The Nineteenth Century: From Pity to Alarm -- 3. Material Conditions and the Politics of Care -- 4. "Proper Subjects for Confinement" -- 5. The Confinements of Isaac O.: A Case of "Acute Mania" -- 6. Psychiatry and Colonial Ideology -- 7. Conclusion.

Summary: This historical study examines primary source material, writings by African patients in these institutions and the reports of officials, doctors, and others, to discuss the meaning of madness in Nigeria, the development of colonial psychiatry, and the connections between them. This book follows the development of insane asylums from their origins in the nineteenth century to innovative treatment programs developed by Nigerian physicians during the transition to independence. Special attention is given to the writings of those considered "lunatics," a perspective relatively neglected in previous studies of psychiatric institutions in Africa and most other parts of the world.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-166) and index.

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English.

This historical study examines primary source material, writings by African patients in these institutions and the reports of officials, doctors, and others, to discuss the meaning of madness in Nigeria, the development of colonial psychiatry, and the connections between them. This book follows the development of insane asylums from their origins in the nineteenth century to innovative treatment programs developed by Nigerian physicians during the transition to independence. Special attention is given to the writings of those considered "lunatics," a perspective relatively neglected in previous studies of psychiatric institutions in Africa and most other parts of the world.

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