| ID | 184791 |
| Title Proper | Hysteria |
| Other Title Information | a South Asian History of Global Medicine |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Pinto, Sarah |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Ways of mapping mental illness in the world involve stories about history, time and qualities of knowledge. This paper explores the history of hysteria as a South Asian story. With a South Asia-centred history of the contemporary critical concept of cultural translation, this paper observes not only hysteria’s long South Asian history, but the colonial emergence of a defining narrative—the equation of hysteria to spirit possession, a naturalised conceptual arrangement that superimposed upon a long history of medical encounters racialised ideas about epistemological difference. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 45, No.1; Feb 2022: p.113-129 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol: 45 No 1 |
| Key Words | Colonialism ; knowledge ; Medicine ; Translation ; Hysteria |