aetherthedino's review against another edition
library book, ran out of time. ill definietly pick up a physical copy though!
nferraro90's review against another edition
5.0
A brilliant journey through the evolving history of stigma surrounding mental illness, and it’s wider impact on patient outcomes and societal repercussions. A tremendous read
wy_woman's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
itsmejennigee's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
I really appreciate books like this that put so much into perspective. They ought to be required reading.
shelfimprovement's review against another edition
2.0
Mental health stigma is a topic that I am very much interested in, and I think Grinker makes a lot of good points about how the capitalist emphasis on comformity leads to stigma, but his writing is clunky, often contradicting itself and not making a clear point. There are also several statements where I'm outright questioning his assertion of a fact:
"By the early 1800s, according to historians, 'in moral discourse there was hardly any overlap between the active resolute male and the emotional, nurturing, malleable female. Woman was constructed as 'other' in a more absolute sense than ever before.'"Did he forget about the Salem Witch trials? No, he acknowledged that they happened and that women were unfairly targeted on the basis of their womanhood, but he also repeatedly states that 'otherness' was not stigmatized, at leas in Western culture, before the Industrial Age. Is he not he aware that women couldn't hold property in colonial America, nor could they vote? Women were 'othered' well before the 1800s, Roy.