{"product_id":"imperial-bedlam-institutions-of-madness-in-colonial-southwest-nigeria-volume-10-paperback","title":"Imperial Bedlam: Institutions of Madness in Colonial Southwest Nigeria Volume 10 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Sadowsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe colonial government of southern Nigeria began to use asylums to confine the allegedly insane in 1906. These asylums were administered by the British but confined Africans. Yet, as even many in the government recognized, insanity is a condition that shows cultural variation. Who decided the inmates were insane and how? This sophisticated historical study pursues these questions as it examines fascinating source material--writings by African patients in these institutions and the reports of officials, doctors, and others--to discuss the meaning of madness in Nigeria, the development of colonial psychiatry, and the connections between them. Jonathan Sadowsky's well-argued, concise study provides important new insights into the designation of madness across cultural and political frontiers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImperial Bedlam\u003c\/i\u003e follows the development of insane asylums from their origins in the nineteenth century to innovative treatment programs developed by Nigerian physicians during the transition to independence. Special attention is given to the writings of those considered \"lunatics,\" a perspective relatively neglected in previous studies of psychiatric institutions in Africa and most other parts of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImperial Bedlam\u003c\/i\u003e shows how contradictions inherent in colonialism were articulated in both asylum policy and psychiatric theory. It argues that the processes of confinement, the labeling of insanity, and the symptoms of those so labeled reflected not only cultural difference but also political divides embedded in the colonial situation. \u003ci\u003eImperial Bedlam\u003c\/i\u003e thus emphasizes not only the cultural background to madness but also its political and experiential dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImperial Bedlam\u003c\/i\u003e is an intelligent, elegantly written discussion of cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary debates over the nature and determinants of madness in a colonial setting.--Sara Berry, Johns Hopkins University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Sadowsky\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of History at Case Western Reserve University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45424036642918,"sku":"9780520216174","price":66.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/OXc3S1pUL3JhZWJTQ01rLzF2bHdtdz09.webp?v=1775587815","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/imperial-bedlam-institutions-of-madness-in-colonial-southwest-nigeria-volume-10-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}