Description
The poems of Straight Jacket gather bravely at the intersection between LGBTQ identity and the politics of illness, and speak to the consequences of homophobia and social injustice. The book takes readers into the horrors of being committed into a mental hospital and does fierce linguistic battle with stigma, offering witness to failures within the mental health system and demonstrating expressions of the indomitable spirit's restlessness in times of helplessness and adversity. The collection chronicles in a personal way the oppressive experiences of dehumanization and institutionalization.
Author: Jessica Lowell Mason
Publisher: Finishing Line Press
Published: 08/29/2019
Pages: 86
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d
ISBN13: 9781635349979
ISBN10: 1635349974
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | General
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