Madness, Bureaucracy and Gender in Mumbai, India: Narratives from a Psychiatric Hospital

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Annika Strauss

Madness, Bureaucracy and Gender in Mumbai, India

Narratives from a Psychiatric Hospital

Annika Strauss

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Berghahn Books
15 September 2023

Social & cultural anthropology; Care of the mentally ill; Mental health services

Regional mental hospitals in India are perceived as colonial artefacts in need of reformation. In the last two decades, there has been discussion around the maltreatment of patients, corruption and poor quality of mental health treatment in these institutions. This ethnography scrutinizes the management of madness in one of these asylum-like institutions in the context of national change and the global mental health movement. The author explores the assembling and impact of psychiatric, bureaucratic, gendered and queer narratives in and around the hospital. Finally, the author attempts to reconcile social anthropology and psychiatry by scrutinising their divergent approaches towards ‘mad narratives’.

By: Annika Strauss
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781805390688
ISBN 10: 1805390686
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 15 September 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Annika Strauss is a Postdoctoral research and teaching fellow at the Department for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Münster, 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).

Reviews for Madness, Bureaucracy and Gender in Mumbai, India: Narratives from a Psychiatric Hospital

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