Global South histories of madness

- new perspectives on mental troubles and psychiatry from Latin America and Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries

Autor*innen:

Herausgeber*innen:

  • Irène Favier

Edition: Cambridge University Press

Collectiion: Medical History

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Veröffentlicht am: 01.04.2026

This special issue, which brings together six articles, seeks to explore the question of madness from non-European contexts (Latin America and Africa), taking part in the dynamic renewal of historiography on mental disorder and psychiatry in the ‘Global South’ over the past few years.