TY - GEN N2 - In this work, Summers documents the history of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, a federal mental institution in Washington, DC, in relation to that city's African American community. He sheds light on the intersections of the historical process of racialization, medical and cultural understandings of insanity, the exercise of institutional power, and individual and collective agency. AB - In this work, Summers documents the history of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, a federal mental institution in Washington, DC, in relation to that city's African American community. He sheds light on the intersections of the historical process of racialization, medical and cultural understandings of insanity, the exercise of institutional power, and individual and collective agency. T1 - Madness in the city of magnificent intentions / AU - Summers, Martin Anthony, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - RC445 N1 - Also issued in print: 2019. ID - 892398 KW - Mental health services KW - African Americans SN - 9780190060138 TI - Madness in the city of magnificent intentions / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190852641.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190852641.001.0001 ER -