| ID | 184792 |
| Title Proper | Possibility of Translation |
| Other Title Information | Turning Ghosts into Psychosomatic Disorders in Nepal |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Seale-Feldman, Aidan |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Following in the wake of the People’s War (1996–2006) and the 2015 earthquakes, donor-funded projects supporting community mental health programmes and psychosocial counselling have proliferated in Nepal. This article explores one outcome of the expansion of ‘psy’: the transformation of ghosts and spirits, bhut-pret, into a psychosomatic affliction of repressed emotion and unconscious desire. By engaging theories of translation, I approach interventions for cases of ‘mass conversion disorder’ and the therapeutic encounters, contestations and uncertainties that coalesced around them as a lens into the politics of psychic life currently under way in Nepal. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 45, No.1; Feb 2022: p.130-145 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol: 45 No 1 |
| Key Words | Translation ; Incommensurability ; Mass Hysteria ; Bhut-Pret ; Nepal Psychosomatic Disorders ; Transcultural Psychiatry |