Author : Kathryn Church
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134317891
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)
Book Synopsis Forbidden Narratives by : Kathryn Church
Download or read book Forbidden Narratives written by Kathryn Church and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forbidden Narratives: Critical Autobiography as Social Science explores overlapping layers of voices and stories that convey the social relations of psychiatric survivor participation within a community mental health service system. It is written from the perspective of a woman who, in the course of working with the survivor movement, had a physical and emotional breakdown. Ironically, the author found herself personally confronted with issues she typically dealt with only from a distance: as a mental health professional, a researcher, and an activist. The author of this volume writes herself into her work as a major character. Narratives such as this have traditionally been forbidden as outside proper professional standards. Now they are claiming and receiving attention. Forbidden Narratives has the power to speak to a broad audience not only of mental health professionals but also policy makers, sociologists and feminists. It is about the breaking up of professional discourse. It demonstrates and signals profound changes in the social sciences.