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Psychiatry and Decolonisation in Uganda
Yolana Pringle
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Übersicht
Verlag | : | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Buchreihe | : | Mental Health in Historical Perspective |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Erschienen | : | 19. 12. 2018 |
Seiten | : | 259 |
Einband | : | Gebunden |
Höhe | : | 210 mm |
Breite | : | 148 mm |
Gewicht | : | 483 g |
ISBN | : | 9781137600943 |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Autorinformation
Yolana Pringle is Senior Lecturer in the History of Medicine at the University of Roehampton, UK. Her research encompasses the history of psychiatry, humanitarianism, and violence and health, with a regional focus on East Africa. She has held previous posts at the University of Cambridge and the University of Warwick.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction.- 2. A Place on Mulago Hill.- 3. The ‘Africanisation’ of Psychiatry.- 4. ‘Mass Hysteria’ in the Wake of Decolonisation.- 5. The Psychiatry of Poverty.- 6. Mobility, Power, and International Mental Health.- 7. The ‘Trauma’ of War and Violence.- 8. Conclusion.-Bibliography.- Index