The mystery of madness through art and Mad Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12314554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ekaterina Petrovna Netchitailova (Sheffield Hallam University, corresponding author), Ekaterina Netchitailova (Sheffield Hallam University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 9-10 |
| Pages | 1509-1515 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disability & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-7599 • E-ISSN: 1360-0508 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09687599.2019.1619236 |
| OpenAlex | W2948477794 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 2 |
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’
Aesthetics · Art · Field (mathematics · Mental health · Mental illness · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Representation (politics · Sociology · Empathy and Medical Education · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Law · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.86 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |