Under the Strain of Color

• Utgivningsdatum: 2015-08-18
• Mått: 168 x 238 x 19 mm
• Vikt: 454 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry
• Antal sidor: 208
• Förlag: Cornell University Press
• ISBN: 9780801453502

• Psykiatri
• Psykologi
• Amerikas historia
• Etnicitet

Gabriel N. Mendes is Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of California, San Diego.

Under the Strain of Color is a much-needed addition to the historiography of race and psychiatry in the USA. This is the only book-length treatment of the history of the Lafargue Mental Hygiene Clinic, the first outpatient psychiatric clinic to serve the most iconic of African American communities: New York's Harlem. Under the Strain of Color comprehensively addresses two of the less-well understood aspects of the fascinating Lafargue Clinic story: its origin and its contribution to the civil rights movement. In doing so, Mendes has artfully crafted what should become the standard account of this remarkable, short-lived, Cold War–era medical institution. A slim volume that is jargon-free and as entertaining as a novel, I can see it wideningthe audience for both medical humanities and the history of psychiatry.(History of Psychiatry) Professor Mendes' narrative has serious contemporary analogues. It is a cautonary tale about how and why minority communities fail to gain assistance for their needs asthey define them... One comes away from this book feeling admiration for the efforts of all those who both brought the Lafargue Clinic into being and sustained it through its 12 years of active service. If we are wise, we will learn from their example.(J Relig Health) Wertham's work at Lafargue led to his pronouncement that 'racism was not exclusively a social and political problem but represented a community health problem.' This well-researched, easy to read text is compelling, providing a comprehensible overview of the relationship between racism and the psychiatric profession in the midcentury US.(Choice) [An] admirable contribution to the history of American health, revealing how the intersecting efforts of activists, practitioners, and cultural figures helped make New York City's health institutions more responsive to diverse patient groups in the face of political inertia and social resistance.(American Historical Review) Under the Strain of Color is a significant contribution to the study of antiracism in the human sciences and a compelling counterpoint to the historiography of the "psy" disciplines after WWII... Mendes' illuminating study of the neglected Lafargue clinic effectively points to more radical alternatives from this period... Mendes' book offers a convincing case for the rewards of studying the history of human science from the margins.(Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences)

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