Mad Pride [Paperback]

Robert Dellar (Editor), Ted Curtis (Editor), Esther Leslie (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2000

Mad Pride is set to become the first great civil liberties movement of the 21st century. Sick of discrimination, marginalisation, medication and being treated like shit, psychiatric patients are preparing to rise from the ghettos and make the world a fit place to live in. Featuring 24 authors - including Nick Blinko, Luther Blissett, Chris P and Fatma Durmush - boasting about the wild things they've done when they've been losing it and sharing their accounts of liberation through madness, this collection celebrates madness in all its forms as a means to all-out social revolution. Tough, uncompromising, subversive and very funny, this is a book that no one in their right mind will read. It reveals that madness, normally considered an unglamorous subject, is in fact all about sex, drugs, and rock n roll!

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Chipmunkapublishing; 1st.Edition edition (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 095257442X
• ISBN-13: 978-0952574422
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,603,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This Is a UK Classic, September 9, 2008

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Book Worm (LA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mad Pride (Paperback)

This book first published in 2000, then republished in 2004 by Chipmunkapublishing , is a Classic.

I have reread this book over five times, each time I see the writing from a new perspective. This book is a well written look into the UK mental health scene.

I woul recomend reading it, because of the number of authors within the book, and thier honest words.