What's normal?
Subtitle: narratives of mental & emotional disorders
By: edited by Carol Donley & Sheryl Buckley.
Contributors: Donley, Carol C.; Buckley, Sheryl, 1946-
Series: Literature and medicine ;; 3; Literature and medicine (Kent, Ohio) ;; 3.
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: Mental illness -- Literary collections.; Mentally ill -- Literary collections.; Mental illness.; Mentally ill.
Genres: Literary collections.
Description: This work examines the issues of "abnormalities" in mental health, intelligence, and sexual behavior. The first section presents a wide ranging collection of essays and articles written by renowned clinicians who address clinical, ethical, and social issues related to mental illness and disorders. The second section uses fiction, poetry, and drama to portray mental and behavioral abnormalities, sometimes from "inside" the perspective of the deviant and sometimes from the experiences of family, friends, and other engaged observers. Excerpts that examine the treatment of mental health, intelligence, and sexual conduct are cited from such literary works as Equus, Of Mice and Men, Like Water for Chocolate, and Sula.
Notes: Includes index.