Writing Madness, Writing Normalcy (Paperback)

Language: English

Published by McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson, NC, 2021

1476682275 / 9781476682273

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Paperback. What does it mean to be "mad" in contemporary American society? How do we categorize people's reactions to extreme pressures, trauma, loneliness and serious mental illness? Importantly--who gets to determine these classifications, and why? This book seeks to answer these questions through studying an increasingly popular media genre--memoirs of people with mental illnesses. Memoirs, like the ones examined in this book, often respond to stigmatizing tropes about "the mad" in popular culture and engage with concepts in mental health activism and research. This study breaks new academic ground and argues that the featured texts rethink the possibilities of community building and stigma politics. Drawing on literary analysis and sociological concepts, it understands these memoirs as complex, at times even contradictory, approaches to activism. What does it mean to be mad in contemporary society? How do we categorize people's reactions to extreme pressures, trauma, loneliness and serious mental illness? Who gets to determine these classifications, and why? This book seeks to answer these questions through studying an increasingly popular media genre - memoirs of mental illnesses. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Title
Writing Madness, Writing Normalcy (Paperback)
Author
Lisa Spieker
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson, NC
Publication year
2021
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
1476682275
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9781476682273

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