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The article explores the intersection of race and mental illness in the Cape Colony from 1891 to 1920, highlighting how colonial authorities used evolutionary theory to justify racial hierarchies and segregation in psychiatric treatment. It examines the differences in the treatment and classification of mental illness between white and black patients in asylums, revealing underlying anxieties about racial degeneration and the perceived superiority of the European race. Statistical data and case studies from
- Author
- Aurora Haro
- Language
- EN