Psychiatric Discourse and Colonial Ideology in British Africa.

Psychiatric studies produced by Europeans during colonial period on African mental disorders contribute to a reflection over human sciences' normative and paradigms. Considering Foucault's statement that madness in modern western society can be defined as a discourse constitutive of power...

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Main Author: Gisele Silva Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2017-01-01
Series:Antíteses
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/20724