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Insanity, identity and empire examines the formation of colonial
social identities inside the institutions for the insane in
Australia and New Zealand. Taking a large sample of patient
records, it pays particular attention to gender, ethnicity and
class as categories of analysis, reminding us of the varied
journeys of immigrants to the colonies and of how and where they
stopped, for different reasons, inside the social institutions of
the period. It is about their stories of mobility, how these were
told and produced inside institutions for the insane, and how, in
the telling, colonial identities were asserted and formed. Having
engaged with the structural imperatives of empire and with the
varied imperial meanings of gender, sexuality and medicine,
historians have considered the movements of travellers, migrants,
military bodies and medical personnel, and 'transnational lives'.
This book examines an empire-wide discourse of 'madness' as part of
this inquiry. -- .
This edited collection investigates New Zealand’s history as an
imperial power, and its evolving place within the British Empire.
It revises and expands the history of empire within, to and from
New Zealand by looking at the country’s spheres of internal
imperialism, its relationship with Australia, its Pacific empire
and its outreach to Antarctica. The book critically revises our
understanding of the range of ways that New Zealand has played a
role as an imperial power, including the cultural histories of New
Zealand inside the British Empire, engagements with imperial
practices and notions of imperialism, the special significance of
New Zealand in the Pacific region, and the circulation of ideas of
empire both through and inside New Zealand over time. The essays in
this volume span social, cultural, political and economic history,
and in testing the concept of New Zealand's empire, the
contributors take new directions in both historiographical and
empirical research. -- .
While much has been written on the history of psychiatry,
remarkably little has been written about psychiatric collections or
curating. Exhibiting Madness in Museums offers a comparative
history of independent and institutional collections of psychiatric
objects in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Leading scholars in the field investigate collectors, collections,
their display, and the reactions to exhibitions of the history of
insanity. Linked to the study of medical museums this work broadens
the study of the history of psychiatry by investigating the
significance and importance of the role of twentieth-century
psychiatric communities in the preservation, interpretation and
representation of the history of mental health through the practice
of collecting. In remembering the asylum and its different
communities in the twentieth century, individuals who lived and
worked inside an institution have struggled to preserve the
physical character of their world. This collection of essays
considers the way that collections of objects from the former
psychiatric institution have played a role in constructions of its
history. It historicises the very act of collecting, and also
examines ethical problems and practices which arise from these
activities for curators and exhibitions.
This book examines the formation of colonial social identities
inside the institutions for the insane in Australia and New
Zealand. Taking a large sample of patient records, it pays
particular attention to gender, ethnicity and class as categories
of analysis, reminding us of the varied journeys of immigrants to
the colonies and of how and where they stopped, for different
reasons, inside the social institutions of the period. It is about
their stories of mobility, how these were told and produced inside
institutions for the insane, and how, in the telling, colonial
identities were asserted and formed. Having engaged with the
structural imperatives of empire and with the varied imperial
meanings of gender, sexuality and medicine, historians have
considered the movements of travellers, migrants, military bodies
and medical personnel, and 'transnational lives'. This book
examines an empire-wide discourse of 'madness' as part of this
inquiry. -- .
Most investigations of foreign-born migrants emphasize the
successful adjustment and settlement of newcomers. Yet suicide,
heavy drinking, violence, family separations, and domestic
disharmony were but a few of the possible struggles experienced by
those who relocated abroad in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries, and were among the chief reasons for committal to an
asylum. Significant analysis of this problem, addressing the
interconnected issues of migration, ethnicity, and insanity, has to
date received little attention from the scholarly community. This
international collection examines the difficulties that migrants
faced in adjustment abroad, through a focus on migrants and mobile
peoples, issues of ethnicity, and the impact of migration on the
mental health of refugees. It further extends the migration
paradigm beyond patients to incorporate the international exchange
of medical ideas and institutional practices, and the recruitment
of a medical workforce. These issues are explored through case
studies which utilize different social and cultural historical
methods, but with a shared twin purpose: to uncover the related
histories of migration, ethnicity, and mental health, and to extend
existing scholarly frameworks and findings in this under-developed
field of inquiry.
While much has been written on the history of psychiatry,
remarkably little has been written about psychiatric collections or
curating. Exhibiting Madness in Museums offers a comparative
history of independent and institutional collections of psychiatric
objects in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Leading scholars in the field investigate collectors, collections,
their display, and the reactions to exhibitions of the history of
insanity. Linked to the study of medical museums this work broadens
the study of the history of psychiatry by investigating the
significance and importance of the role of twentieth-century
psychiatric communities in the preservation, interpretation and
representation of the history of mental health through the practice
of collecting. In remembering the asylum and its different
communities in the twentieth century, individuals who lived and
worked inside an institution have struggled to preserve the
physical character of their world. This collection of essays
considers the way that collections of objects from the former
psychiatric institution have played a role in constructions of its
history. It historicises the very act of collecting, and also
examines ethical problems and practices which arise from these
activities for curators and exhibitions.
This edited collection investigates New Zealand's history as an
imperial power, and its evolving place within the British Empire.
It revises and expands the history of empire within, to and from
New Zealand by looking at the country's spheres of internal
imperialism, its relationship with Australia, its Pacific empire
and its outreach to Antarctica. The book critically revises our
understanding of the range of ways that New Zealand has played a
role as an imperial power, including the cultural histories of New
Zealand inside the British Empire, engagements with imperial
practices and notions of imperialism, the special significance of
New Zealand in the Pacific region, and the circulation of ideas of
empire both through and inside New Zealand over time. The essays in
this volume span social, cultural, political and economic history,
and in testing the concept of New Zealand's empire, the
contributors take new directions in both historiographical and
empirical research. -- .
Most investigations of foreign-born migrants emphasize the
successful adjustment and settlement of newcomers. Yet suicide,
heavy drinking, violence, family separations, and domestic
disharmony were but a few of the possible struggles experienced by
those who relocated abroad in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries, and were among the chief reasons for committal to an
asylum. Significant analysis of this problem, addressing the
interconnected issues of migration, ethnicity, and insanity, has to
date received little attention from the scholarly community. This
international collection examines the difficulties that migrants
faced in adjustment abroad, through a focus on migrants and mobile
peoples, issues of ethnicity, and the impact of migration on the
mental health of refugees. It further extends the migration
paradigm beyond patients to incorporate the international exchange
of medical ideas and institutional practices, and the recruitment
of a medical workforce. These issues are explored through case
studies which utilize different social and cultural historical
methods, but with a shared twin purpose: to uncover the related
histories of migration, ethnicity, and mental health, and to extend
existing scholarly frameworks and findings in this under-developed
field of inquiry.
Drawing on the latest contemporary research from an internationally
acclaimed group of scholars, Law, history, colonialism brings
together the disciplines of law, history and post-colonial studies
in a singular exploration of imperialism. In fresh, innovative
essays from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, this collection
offers exciting new perspectives on the length and breadth of
empire. As issues of native title, truth and reconciliation
commissions, and access to land and natural resources are contested
in courtrooms and legislation of former colonies, the disciplines
of law and history afford new ways of seeing, hearing and creating
knowledge. Issues explored include the judicial construction
of racial categories, the gendered definitions of nation-states,
the historical construction of citizenship, sovereignty and land
rights, the limits to legality and the charting of empire,
constructions of madness among colonised peoples, reforming
property rights of married women, questions of legal and historical
evidence, and the rule of law. This collection will be an
indispensable reference work to scholars, students and teachers.
This short book argues for the relevance of historical perspectives
on mental health, exploring how these histories can and should
inform debates about mental healthcare today. Why is it important
to study the history of madness? What does it mean to voice these
histories? What can these tell us about the challenges and legacies
of mental health care across the world today? Offering an
intervention into new ways of thinking - and talking - about 'mad'
history, Catharine Coleborne explores the social and cultural
impact of the history of the mad movement, self-help and mental
health consumer advocacy from the 1960s inside a longer tradition
of 'writing madness'. Starting with a brief history of the
relevance of first-person accounts, then looking at the
significance of other ways of representing the psychiatric
'patient', 'survivor' or 'consumer' over time, this book aims to
escape from dominant modes of writing about the asylum.
Investigating the history of vagrants in colonial Australia and New
Zealand, this book provides insights into the histories and
identities of marginalised peoples in the British Pacific Empire.
Showing how their experiences were produced, shaped and transformed
through laws and institutions, it reveals how the most vulnerable
people in colonial society were regulated, marginalised and
criminalised in the imperial world. Studying the language of
vagrancy prosecution, narratives of mobility and welfare, vagrant
families, gender and mobility and the political, social and
cultural interpretations of vagrancy, this book sets out a
conceptual framework of mobility as a field of inquiry for legal
and historical studies. Defining ‘mobility’ as population
movement and the occupation of new social and physical space, it
offers an entry point to the related histories of penal colonies
and new ‘settler’ societies. It provides insights into shared
histories of vagrancy across New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
and New Zealand, and explores how different jurisdictions regulated
mobility within the temporal and geographical space of the British
Pacific Empire.
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