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Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake (Hardcover)

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2025 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

How white psychiatrists pathologized African American religions

In the decades after the end of slavery, African Americans were committed to southern state mental hospitals at higher rates as white psychiatrists listed 'religious excitement' among the most frequent causes of insanity for Black patients. At the same time, American popular culture and political discourse framed African American modes of spiritual power as fetishism and superstition, cast embodied worship as excessive or fanatical, and labeled new religious movements 'cults,' unworthy of respect.

As Judith Weisenfeld argues in Black Religion in the Madhouse, psychiatrists' notions of race and religion became inextricably intertwined in the decades after the end of slavery and into the twentieth century, and had profound impacts on the diagnosis, care, and treatment of Black patients. This book charts how racialized medical understandings of mental normalcy pathologized a range of Black religious beliefs, spiritual sensibilities, practices, and social organizations and framed them as manifestations of innate racial traits. Importantly, these characterizations were marshaled to help to limit the possibilities for Black self-determination, with white psychiatrists' theories about African American religion and mental health being used to promote claims of Black people's unfitness for freedom.

Drawing on extensive archival research, Black Religion in the Madhouse is the first book to expose how racist views of Black religion in slavery's wake shaped the rise of psychiatry as an established and powerful profession.

Summary: 2025 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleHow white psychiatrists pathologized African American religions In the decades after the end of slavery. At the same time, American popular culture and political discourse framed African American modes of spiritual power as fetishism and superstition. A rewarding read with memorable themes and a natural writing style. A satisfying read for those who appreciate clear writing and strong themes.
Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake book puts the emphasis on Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake and the specific experience described by its title. It is a hardcover title from Weisenfeld, Judith, suited to readers, learners, or collectors interested in this area. It contains 312 pages, is listed in English, and and is published by New York University Press.
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Author(s): Weisenfeld, Judith
Book Type: New Book
Genre: History, Psychology of Religion, Race & Ethnic Relations
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1479829781
EAN: 9781479829781
Language: English
Number of Pages: 312
Publication Date: 2025-04-29
Publisher: New York University Press
Weight: 1.26 Pounds

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