Nancy Rose Hunt
A Nervous State
- ISBN 13:
- 9780822359654
- author:
- Nancy Rose Hunt
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 376
- Dimensions:
- 21.4 x 14.9 x 1.9 cm
- Genre:
- Society, Politics & Philosophy, Social Sciences, Anthropology
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A Nervous State: Violence, Remedies, and Reverie in Colonial Congo by Nancy Rose Hunt explores the complex history of colonial nervousness in King Leopold's Congo Free State. This unique approach to history brings alive the everyday lives of those affected by colonialism, revealing a world of medical investigations, security operations, and vernacular healing movements. Hunt's analysis alternates between the securitization of subaltern "therapeutic insurgencies" and medical research into birthrates, gonorrhea, and childlessness. The book sheds light on Congolese sexual and musical economies, practices of distraction, urbanity, and hedonism, and provides a bold new framework for understanding colonial history. Drawing on theoretical concepts from Georges Canguilhem, Georges Balandier, and Gaston Bachelard, Hunt offers a nuanced and insightful exploration of the complexities of colonialism.
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