Abstract

PAVEZ, Fabián; SAURA, Erika  and  MARSET CAMPOS, Pedro. Subcultural views and appraisals of madness in Spain (1981-2010). Rev. Asoc. Esp. Neuropsiq. [online]. 2019, vol.39, n.136, pp.45-58.  Epub Sep 21, 2020. ISSN 2340-2733.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s0211-57352019000200003.

Although the term ‘madness’ (a broader but less delimited concept than ‘psychosis’) has been abandoned in Medicine due to its pejorative connotation, it is still commonly used. The study of the social representations of mental disorders through the analysis of cultural material has previously been argued. In this way, as stigma and discrimination are barriers to psychiatric care, our aim is to identify the subcultural views about the theme of madness and value judgments associated. For this purpose, content analysis of 3,653 Spanish punk songs (1981-2010) was carried out. Through this process, we intended to delineate a subcultural portrait of the theme of madness. We hypothesized that some stigmatizing views of the general population might be present in the lyrical-musical discourses of Spanish punk, although their value dimension might differ from the dominant culture.

Keywords : Psychosis; Qualitative research; Content analysis; Social stigma; Medicine in the arts; Social representations.

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