06
May
History Hash Outs—Between the Mad and the Bad: Psychiatrists and Patients in Egypt’s State Asylums
The study of mental illnesses and asylums have emerged as fundamental areas of historical inquiry. Research on disability studies and the histories of mental health are growing fields encouraging a rethinking of the cultural, social, economic, and political histories of the Middle East. The history of mental asylums reflects the multiple ways in which colonial governments and modern nation-stat...
