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NETCHITAILOVA, Ekaterina (2019). The mystery of madness through art and mad studies. Disability and Society, 1-7.
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Abstract
In this Current Issues article I explore how the world of art can show a different view on ‘madness’. Mad Studies, as an emergent academic field, has the possibility to offer alternative and contrasting views on madness. I argue that the current bio-medical model where ‘madness’ is reduced to ‘mental illness’ denies us the possibility to hear different views and see a person behind a diagnosis. The art world, through visual representation, can present us with an ‘unknown’ factor of ‘madness’ where madness remains a mystery that we will never truly grasp. Visual art can also depict the real human beings and real stories behind ‘diagnoses’.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1607 Social Work; 1608 Sociology; Rehabilitation |
| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2019.1619236 |
| Page Range: | 1-7 |
| SWORD Depositor: | Symplectic Elements |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Elements |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2019 11:20 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2021 19:31 |
| URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/24825 |
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