The necessity of an attention to Eurocentrism and colonial technologies: an addition to critical mental health literature

Disability and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1021-1041

  Joseph, Ameil J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

critical mental health; critical race theory; Eurocentrism; historiography; postcolonial studies; social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940958894     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2015.1067187     Document Type: Article

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