UID:
almahu_9949597546802882
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 294 p.) :
,
ill., maps.
ISBN:
9780226429779 (ebook) :
Content:
Nineteenth-century French writers and travelers imagined Muslim colonies in North Africa to be realms of violence, sexuality and primitive madness. This book traces genealogy and development of this idea from beginnings of colonial expansion onwards, revealing ways in which psychiatry has been a weapon in arsenal of colonial racism.
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780226429724
Language:
English
URL:
Chicago scholarship online
