Madness and Marginality - The Lives of Kenya''s White Insane

Informationen zum Autor Will Jackson is Lecturer in Imperial History at the University of Leeds Klappentext Based on over 250 psychiatric case files, this book traces the lives of Kenya's 'white insane' to focus not on the 'great white hunters' and heroic pioneer farmers but on those Europeans who did not manage to emulate the colonial ideal. In doing so, the book raises important new questions around deviance, transgression and social control. Zusammenfassung Based on over 250 psychiatric case files, this book traces the lives of Kenya’s ‘white insane’ to focus not on the ‘great white hunters’ and heroic pioneer farmers but on those Europeans who did not manage to emulate the colonial ideal. In doing so, the book raises important new questions around deviance, transgression and social control. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis General Editor's introductionIntroduction 1. Approaching madness: deviant psychology in Kenya Colony 2. No ordinary chaps: class, gender and the licensing of transgression 3. The lives of Kenya's white insane 4. Battered wives and broken homes: the colonial family 5. Stigma, shame and scandal: sex and mental illness 6. States of emergency: psychosis and transgression Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Will Jackson, Jackson Will
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781526106551
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0655-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Ethnic Studies, MEDICAL / Mental Health, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Africa / East, Kenya, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, Mental health services, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies