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Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton
5 reviews
elliv's review
5.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Police brutality, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
lizzie_winn's review
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Classism
megnut's review
4.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
evawondergem's review
4.5
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and War
shereadytoread's review
5.0
It not only tells the history of the asylum but also discusses the history of mental health treatment, institutions and the continued failures of both asylums and community care. It discussed the criminalization of mental health policies and the increased carceral response to poor and mentally ill community members. Something that strikes me most was a portion in which someone interviewed discussed they were running out of time to tell this story as those who lived it were passing away. How much of our lives and history are loss because there is no one to carry the story? What stories are we carrying? I expect that this is a read I will revisit in the futures.
Disclaimer: I received a free finished copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual assault