Mad Matters: A Critical Reader in Canadian Mad Studies

ISBN 10: 1551305348 / ISBN 13: 9781551305349

Editore: Canadian Scholars Pr, 2013

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Riassunto:

In 1981, Toronto activist Mel Starkman wrote: "An important new movement is sweeping through the western world.... The 'mad,' the oppressed, the ex-inmates of society's asylums are coming together and speaking for themselves."

Mad Matters is the first Canadian book to bring together the writings of this vital movement, which has grown explosively in the years since. With contributions from scholars in numerous disciplines, as well as activists and psychiatric survivors, it presents diverse critical voices that convey the lived experiences of the psychiatrized and challenges dominant understandings of "mental illness." The connections between mad activism and other liberation struggles are stressed throughout, making the book a major contribution to the literature on human rights and anti-oppression.

Informazioni sull'autore: Brenda A. LeFrançois is Associate Professor of Social Work at Memorial University of Newfoundland.Robert Menzies is Professor of Sociology at Simon Fraser University.Geoffrey Reaume is Associate Professor of Critical Disability Studies at York University.

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Titolo: Mad Matters: A Critical Reader in Canadian ...
Casa editrice: Canadian Scholars Pr
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: New
Edizione: Critical.