Based on over 250 psychiatric case files, this book traces the lives of Kenya's 'white insane' to focus not on the 'great white hunters' and heroic pioneer farmers, but on those Europeans who did not manage to emulate the colonial ideal. In doing so, the book raises important new questions around deviance transgression and social control.
...MoreReview John Weaver (2014) Review of "Madness and Marginality: The Lives of Kenya's White Insane". Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History.
Review Jonathan Sadowsky (2016) Review of "Madness and Marginality: The Lives of Kenya's White Insane". International Journal of African Historical Studies (pp. 141-142).
Review Anna Greenwood (2016) Review of "Madness and Marginality: The Lives of Kenya's White Insane". Social History of Medicine (pp. 187-188).
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