Academic Calendar - 2020 ARCHIVE

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2020ARCHIVE
King's

Disability Studies 2218A/B

MADNESS AND MAD STUDIES


This course draws on diverse research and first person narratives to identify and challenge mainstream ways of thinking about mental illness, psychiatry, labelling and processes of containment. Additionally, this course explores the themes of de/institutionalization, intersectionality, political economy, criminalization, housing and employment as they impact(ed) Mad people.

Antirequisite(s): Disability Studies 2290A/B if taken in 2016-17.

Prerequisite(s): Disability Studies 1010A/B.

Extra Information: 3 hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY A i  
Subject Code: DISABST