Patients and Agents
Mental Illness, Modernity and Islam in Sylhet, Bangladesh
Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introducing new inequalities. Social change has also been mediated by the global forces of Western biomedicine and orthodox Islam. Les mer
Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introducing new inequalities. Social change has also been mediated by the global forces of Western biomedicine and orthodox Islam. This book examines the effects of these modernizing trends on mental health...
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Berghahn Books
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 252
- ISBN
- 9780857454881
- Utgivelsesår
- 2012
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm