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Mad Matters
Lefran Ois Menzies
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Description for Mad Matters
Paperback. Editor(s): LeFrancois, Brenda A.; Menzies, Robert J.; Reaume, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 408 pages, 23 b/w illus & 4 tables. BIC Classification: JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 670.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Brown Bear Press Canada
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781551305349
SKU
V9781551305349
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About Lefran Ois Menzies
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.
Reviews for Mad Matters
This book carves out the terrain of a vital and robust new field of study and makes clear its many points of connection to lived experiences of madness, activist movements, and related scholarly disciplines. The writing in Mad Matters comes from diverse personal and scholarly perspectives, and covers an impressive range of relevant topics, yet it all consistently advances the ... Read more