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It's Madness: The Politics of Mental Health in Colonial Korea Theodore Jun Yoo
It's Madness: The Politics of Mental Health in Colonial Korea
Theodore Jun Yoo
Examines Korea's years under Japanese colonialism, when mental health first became defined as a medical and social problem. This book explores the impact of Chinese traditional medicine and its holistic approach to treating mental disorders, and the resilience of folk illnesses as explanations for inappropriate and dangerous behaviors.
248 pages, 4 black and white
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 16, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520289307 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 161 × 237 × 23 mm · 472 g |
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