Madness, Art, and Society : Beyond Illness (Hardcover)

Introduction: Beyond Illness 　 Part One: Structures: Psychiatrists, Institutions, Treatments Chapter One: ‘I am no more mad than you are; make the trial of it in any constant question’: R.D. Laing and the Figure of the Psychiatrist Chapter Two: ‘I guess that this must be the place’: Sites of Madness Chapter Three: ‘It was a brilliant cure but we lost the patient’: Treating Madness 　 Part Two: Experiences: Realities, Bodies, Moods 　 Chapter Four: Imagining Reality: Perceptual Experiences on Stage and Screen Chapter Five: ‘I watch myself disappear in their eyes, in their tesses, I talk loud but still I don’t exist’: Women’s Bodies and Psychopathology Chapter Six: Something and Nothing: Moods of Madness Appendix