Madness and Distress in Music Education: Toward a Mad-Affirming Approach

Contents

• Introduction – Madness and Distress in Music Education: Toward a Mad-Affirming Approach
• Chapter 1 – Just What is Mad Studies and What is it Doing in a “Nice” Field Like Music Education?
• Chapter 2 – Applying Models of Disability to Experiences of Madness and Distress
• Chapter 3 – Conceptualizing and Discussing Mental Health Differences
• Chapter 4 – Benefits of Neurodivergence
• Chapter 5 – A Question of Visibility: Being “Out” in Music Education
• Chapter 6 – How Music (Education) Might Harm
• Chapter 7 – How Music (Education) Might Help
• Chapter 8 – Abolition and Distress
• Conclusion – A Mad-Affirming Music Education
• Afterword
• Appendix 1 – A Note on Methods
• Appendix 2 – A Call for Activism