The mad and the past: Retrospective diagnosis, post-coloniality, discourse analysis and the asylum archive

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 141-158

  Mills, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 52849101911     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009026603492     Document Type: Article

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