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Revista de la Asociación Española de Neuropsiquiatría
On-line version ISSN 2340-2733Print version ISSN 0211-5735
Abstract
HUERTAS, Rafael. Madness and activism in The Loony-Bin Trip, by Kate Millett. Rev. Asoc. Esp. Neuropsiq. [online]. 2020, vol.40, n.138, pp.13-31. Epub Feb 15, 2021. ISSN 2340-2733. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s0211-573520200020002.
Writer, professor, and feminist activist Kate Millett published The Loony-Bin Trip in 1990. In this autobiographical account, the author describes her experience as a survivor of psychiatry, after two internments. This article analyzes the contents of The Loony-Bin Trip, highlighting its importance for a reflection on madhouse criticism, the experience of psychic suffering, and mad activism.
Keywords : Kate Millett; madhouses; feminism; activism; human rights; psychiatry.
