Bedlam on the Streets
Published on 28. November 2005
192 pages
978-1-134-57054-6 (ISBN)
Description
What happens when the mad are let out of the asylum and there is nowhere for them to go?
This hard-hitting and controversial new book traces the terms on which the mad occupy the city's streets, homeless shelters, shopping centres and fast food outlets. This social geography of madness is situated within the broader parameters of systems of social welfare and globalization, arguing that the 'community mental health care' system is actually a system of neglect.
Bedlam on the Streets is a richly textured ethnography combining stark photographic images of people and places with an examination of city space and the voices of those that we label "mad".
This hard-hitting and controversial new book traces the terms on which the mad occupy the city's streets, homeless shelters, shopping centres and fast food outlets. This social geography of madness is situated within the broader parameters of systems of social welfare and globalization, arguing that the 'community mental health care' system is actually a system of neglect.
Bedlam on the Streets is a richly textured ethnography combining stark photographic images of people and places with an examination of city space and the voices of those that we label "mad".
Reviews / Votes
'Bedlammore than succeeds ... its methodological plurality and ethico-political standpoint work together admirably.' - SociologyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
2,48 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-57054-6 (9781134570546)
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Caroline Knowles
Bedlam on the Streets
Book
09/2000
1st Edition
Routledge
€74.55
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Caroline Knowles
Bedlam on the Streets
Book
09/2000
1st Edition
Routledge
€215.77
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Content
1. Voice, Image and Text 2. Madness and the Grammar of Urban Space 3. Interior Space, Aesthetics and Subjectivities 4. Living in Transit 5. 'Schizophrenic' Lives 6. Dangerousness and Endangerment 8. Conclusion
