The modernization of tradition: Thinking about madness in Patna, India

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 413-445

  Wagner, Wolfgang ^a   Duveen, Gerard ^b   Themel, Matthias ^c   Verma, Jyoti ^d  

^a Abt Sozial W   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Austria)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Culture change; India; Madness; Mental health; Modernity; Social representations; Tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033268989     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X9954003     Document Type: Article

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