'And then the monsters come out' : madness, language and power / edited by Fiona Ann Papps.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Papps, Fiona Ann, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics.

Discourse analysis--Social aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Inter-Disciplinary Press, [2014]

Summary:

This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2014. No term is so evocative as madness. Indeed, no scholarly definition of madness exists; hardly surprising given that constructions and representations of madness are products of social, economic, historical and philosophical forces, and cannot be separated from the social conditions under which they appear. How we understand madness, then, relies on the metaphors and tropes used to represent it, and these are as variable as the contexts giving rise to madness. Nevertheless, enduring cross-cultural and cross-historical themes emerge in the study of madness, associating it with the monstrous, the tragically heroic and the feminine. The continuity of these themes raises questions highlighting the centrality of power to understanding of madness: who defines madness, from what position, within what context and with what intended outcome? Madness, then, participates in and constructs its own rhizomatic madness, inviting us to draw on a multiplicity of knowledges and positionings to make sense of it.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Altered States of a Grieving Mind: Contemplation of Suicide, Seclusion and Selfhood in A Widow’s Story by Joyce Carol Oates / Katarzyna Małecka

‘And Somebody Else Comes In’: Shared Madness in Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace / Maren Scheurer

The Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues as a Constructive Asset for Redefining Citizenship and Social Inclusion / Jean-François Pelletier

Insanity as a Social Norm in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible / Sinem Yazıcıoğlu

Madness as a Feminine Image in Ottoman-Turkish Literature / Hilal Aydın

Melancholia Chic; or Why Does Culture Glamourise Female Misery? / Katarzyna Szmigiero

Examining Female Madness in Atwood’s Surfacing: Madness or Awakening? / Gönül Bakay

The Victorian Period: Menstrual Madness in the Nineteenth Century / Kate Lister

Slippery When Wet: Madness and Eroticism in the Bloody Countess Elizabeth Bathory / Cristina Santos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84888-323-4

OCLC:

1096221572

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781848883239 DOI