Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to introduce Mad Studies as a theoretical field for Swedish gender studies. The text aims to provide a historical and activist background to Mad Studies, introduce Mad Studies as a theoretical field, and position it in relation to gender studies. Furthermore, the article seeks to discuss the translation of Mad Studies into “galenskapsstudier” and examine what consequences a translation might have. The aim is also to discuss the term mentalism and provide a Swedish definition for it. The article also examines the terms consumer/ex-patient/psychiatric survivor, and discusses Swedish corresponding words. The text is theorydriven and does not aim to analyze a given material, but seeks to discuss and introduce Mad Studies to a Swedish audience.
Source: Tidskrift för genusvetenskap
Author: Cecilia Rodéhn
Institution: Uppsala University
Language: English
Topic: Gender and Feminist Studies
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4281669829