Brenda A. LeFrançois, Robert Menzies & Geoffrey Reaume, eds. Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2013; 380 pp; ISBN: 978-1-55130-534-9, paper $49.95 CAD.

In 1981, Toronto activist Mel Starkman wrote: “An important new movement is sweeping through the western world … The ‘mad,’ the oppressed, the ex-inmates of society’s asylums are coming together and speaking for themselves.” Mad Matters brings together the writings of this vital movement, which has grown explosively in the years since. It presents diverse critical voices that convey the experiences of the psychiatrized and challenges understandings of “mental illness.” The connections between mad activism and other liberation struggles are stressed, making a major contribution to the literature on human rights and anti-oppression.

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