Titlebook: Lunatic Asylums in Colonial Bombay; Shackled Bodies, Unc Sarah Ann Pinto Book 2018 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 Bom

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Book 2018lum in the Bombay Presidency (1793-1921). The book argues that the colonial lunatic asylum failed to assimilate into Indian society and therefore remained a failed colonial-medical enterprise. It begins by assessing the implications of lunatic asylums on indigenous knowledge and healing traditions.

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,The Asylum as ‘Middle Ground’: Contestations and Negotiations,m and Indians as they contested, resisted, and co-existed with each other. The creation of the asylum as a ‘middle ground’ in the colony meant that while some form of control was executed over patients, colonial hegemony was never achieved.

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Public Perceptions of the ,n important role in constructing the image of the asylum as a place of confinement. Local communities avoided the asylum, since they deemed it a punitive custodial institution, rather than one that provided medical treatment.

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Conclusion: Shackled Bodies, Unchained Minds,s also experienced trauma because of the stigma associated with the use of the asylum and the admission process. The aversion of the local community towards the asylum was a type of everyday resistance, a form of ‘self-help’—a defence mechanism to avoid being wounded further.

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Unsound Soundscapes: Shrieks, Shouts, and Songs,. However, government authorities and staff considered their evidence ‘reliable’ only if it facilitated the continued agency of the superintendent. The control executed over patients’ voices within the asylum also extended beyond asylum walls.

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