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Author:   Lisa Spieker
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781476682273

ISBN 10:   1476682275
Pages:   243
Publication Date:   26 May 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Writing about Madness: Terminology The Stigma of Madness The Confessional Mode Part I: ­Self-Fashioning as Normal (Again) and as Mad Dealing with Discredit Chapter One. ­Self-Fashioning as Normal (Again) Relativization and Claims to Essential Normalcy Normalization and Depathologization Narratives of Transformation Religious Conversion Narratives Secular Conversion Narratives Narratives of ­Self-Making Chapter Two. ­Self-Fashioning as Mad Complicating Madness and Identity Politics The Humor in Madness Madness as Suffering Madness and Gothic Horror Part II: Objective and Subjective Truth Chapter Three. Producing Objective Truth Writing for “the Own”: Literacy and Meaning-Making Writing for “Normals”: Reliability and Voyeuristic Pleasures Writing for Psychiatrists: ­Self-Specification and Case Histories Chapter Four. Producing Subjective Truth The Use of Pronouns and Narrative Situations Defamiliarized Narratives Defamiliarizing Uses of Language Confessing Madness: Truth and Sexuality Madness as Abject Corporality Conclusion Chapter Notes Works Cited Index

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No one has written such an extensive study of the subject covered herein. -- G.T. Couser, professor of English and founder of disability studies emeritus, Hofstra University A significant contribution to the study of madness. --Dr. Peter Morrall, visiting associate professor in health sociology, University of Leeds, UK.

No one has written such an extensive study of the subject covered herein. -- G.T. Couser, professor of English and founder of disability studies emeritus, Hofstra University; A significant contribution to the study of madness. --Dr. Peter Morrall, visiting associate professor in health sociology, University of Leeds, UK.

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Lisa Spieker is a teacher in the field of political education in Essen, Germany with a focus on diversity, gender studies and hate speech.

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