Daughters of Parvati - Women and Madness in Contemporary India

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Pinto is Professor of Anthropology at Tufts University and author of Where There Is No Midwife: Birth and Loss in Rural India . Klappentext Sarah Pinto is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tufts University and author of Where There Is No Midwife: Birth and Loss in Rural India. Zusammenfassung In this account of an anthropologist's journey into Indian psychiatry wards! among women with mental illnesses and the loved ones who care for them! Sarah Pinto responds to ethical crises in caregiving with attention to culture! gender! and the globalized worlds of Indian women. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note on Transliterations Introduction: Love and Affliction Chapter 1. Rehabilitating Ammi Chapter 2. On Dissolution Chapter 3. Moksha and Mishappenings Chapter 4. On Dissociation Chapter 5. Making a Case Chapter 6. Ethics of Dissolution Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sarah Pinto
• Con la collaborazione di: Alma Gottlieb (Editore)
• Editore: University of pennsylvania pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.02.2014
• EAN: 9780812245837
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4583-7
• Pagine: 296
• Serie: Contemporary Ethnography; Contemporary Ethnography (Hard; Contemporary Ethnography; Contemporary Ethnography (Hard
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica