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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton
8 reviews
amachonis's review
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Death, Sexual assault, Murder, and Suicide
carrie_wallace's review
3.75
Moderate: Racism, Medical trauma, Suicide, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization
moonytoast's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Racism, and Suicide
amyjo25's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Racism and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicide
evawondergem's review
4.5
Moderate: Police brutality, Murder, Mental illness, Suicide, Rape, Child death, War, Violence, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Racial slurs, Confinement, and Death
shannonreads96's review
5.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Racism, Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicide and Police brutality
ktdakotareads's review
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Racism, Grief, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Torture
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: Murder, Racism, Violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide
Minor: Sexual assault