Mad Matters

Mad Matters
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Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Total Pages : 410
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ISBN-10 : 9781551305349
ISBN-13 : 1551305348
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Book Synopsis Mad Matters by : Brenda A. LeFrançois

Download or read book Mad Matters written by Brenda A. LeFrançois and published by Canadian Scholars’ Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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