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Author:   Annika Strauss
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781805390688

ISBN 10:   1805390686
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   15 September 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Illustrations Acknowledgements Map 0.1 Introduction: Indian Psychiatric Spaces and Mad Narratives Chapter 1. Ethnographic Research in Psychiatry: Ethical Contemplations and Sensorial Engagements Chapter 2. Everyday Routines, Life and Solicitudes in Asha Chapter 3. Resisting the Uniform: Social Distinctions and Hierarchies in the Wards Chapter 4. A Machine for the Production of Inscriptions: Practices of Paperworkin Asha Chapter 5. Negotiations and Imaginations in the Context of Discharge and Rehabilitation Chapter 6. 'This Hospital is Not Good': What a Psychiatric Patient Can Tell Us about Psychiatric Culture? Chapter 7. Being Gay and Feeling Female: Queer Voices from Indian Psychiatry Conclusion References Index

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The cases in this book are wonderful, rich and full of complexities ... They are the heart of the book and offer insights into diverse lives and resonant themes, especially related to gender, marriage, queer lives and kin dynamics. * Sarah Pinto, Tufts University The book offers an excellent ethnography and an original analysis of several challenges and dilemmas faced by mental health workers and long stay patients in institutionalized psychiatry in contemporary India. I very much enjoyed reading the book, especially the author's self-reflexive approach and positioning in the field. * Helene Basu, University of Munster

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Annika Strauss is a Postdoctoral research and teaching fellow at the Department for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Munster, Germany. Until recently she was a project coordinator of a community health project that collaboratively developed disease preventive measures for vulnerable segments of the population in Bochum (Ruhr area).

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