Lunatic Asylums in Colonial Bombay
Sarah Ann Pinto
Springer International Publishing AG, 2018
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The book argues that the colonial lunatic asylum failed to assimilate into Indian society and therefore remained a failed colonial-medical enterprise. Lunatic asylums left a legacy of historical trauma for the indigenous community because of their coercive and custodial character.
- ISBN-13
- 9783319942438
- ISBN-10
- 3319942433
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Year
- 2018
- Publication date
- 2018-09-10
- Pages
- 242
- Dimensions
- 210x148x