Colonizing Madness: Asylum and Community in Fiji 9780824881900
In Colonizing Madness Jacqueline Leckie tells a forgotten story of silence, suffering, and transgressions in the colonia
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Introducing the Colonization of Madness into Fiji
Chapter 2. Displaced Minds: Indo-Fijians and Mental Distress
Chapter 3. Lialia? Indigenous Fijians, Community, and “Madness”
Chapter 4. Mad Women
Chapter 5. Diagnoses and Discourse of Mental Disorders
Chapter 6. Struggling with Madness: Control, Treatments, and Resistance
Chapter 7. Conclusion: Recolonizing Mental Health in Postcolonial Fiji?
Glossary
Notes
References
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Introducing the Colonization of Madness into Fiji
Chapter 2. Displaced Minds: Indo-Fijians and Mental Distress
Chapter 3. Lialia? Indigenous Fijians, Community, and “Madness”
Chapter 4. Mad Women
Chapter 5. Diagnoses and Discourse of Mental Disorders
Chapter 6. Struggling with Madness: Control, Treatments, and Resistance
Chapter 7. Conclusion: Recolonizing Mental Health in Postcolonial Fiji?
Glossary
Notes
References
Index
About the Author
- Author / Uploaded
- Jacqueline Leckie
