Name: Plural Psychologies. Interrogating Mental Illness in Anglophone African Fiction (en Inglés)
SKU: 69165045
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Author: Christina Slopek-Hauff
ISBN: 9789004780934

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Plural Psychologies. Interrogating Mental Illness in Anglophone African Fiction (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Brill

Autor

Christina Slopek-Hauff

Colección

Narratives and Mental Health

Año

2027

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

320

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

23.5x15.5 cm

ISBN13

9789004780934

Plural Psychologies. Interrogating Mental Illness in Anglophone African Fiction (en Inglés)

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Reseña del libro "Plural Psychologies. Interrogating Mental Illness in Anglophone African Fiction (en Inglés)"

Marking one of the first contributions to the nascent field of postcolonial medical humanities, this study explores the role that Anglophone African literatures play in conversations about mental health and psychology: The novels and short stories selected for this book resist the colonial thrust and systemic racism of Western psychology, foregrounding culture-specific and individual visions of mind, body, health and illness. For instance, the spirits in Emezi’s Freshwater are decidedly not a sign of dissociative identity disorder. Embedded in Igbo cosmology, the novel plays with readers' possible expectations of psychological fiction. The study throws into relief how literature articulates and constructs a plurality of psychologies, combining literary studies, transcultural and African psychology, critical disability studies, postcolonial and translation theory and critical medical humanities. As the study argues, the narratives demonstrate that one system of diagnosis and treatment is not enough and literature works to decolonize psychology.