Lunatic Asylums in Colonial Bombay: Shackled Bodies, Unchained Minds

by Sarah Ann Pinto

Book Overview

This book traces the historical roots of the problems in India's mental health care system. It accounts for indigenous experiences of the lunatic asylum in the Bombay Presidency (1793-1921). The book argues that the colonial lunatic asylum failed to assimilate into Indian society and therefore remained a failed colonial-medical enterprise. It begins by assessing the implications of lunatic asylums on indigenous knowledge and healing traditions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030068188
• ISBN13: 9783030068189
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"