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Fish, field, habitus and madness: the first wave mental health users movement in Great Britain*
Author(s) -
Crossley Nick
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the british journal of sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.826
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1468-4446
pISSN - 0007-1315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4446.1999.00647.x
Subject(s) - habitus , movement (music) , mental health , field (mathematics) , sociology , section (typography) , fish <actinopterygii> , gender studies , social science , psychology , aesthetics , art , psychiatry , cultural capital , fishery , computer science , mathematics , pure mathematics , biology , operating system
This paper traces and explains the emergence of the mental health users movement in Great Britain, focusing specifically upon the formation of the Mental Patients Union in the early 1970s. The analysis presented in the paper draws, to some extent, from conventional movement theory. In addition, however, it draws from the work of Pierre Bourdieu. This represents an innovation in movement analysis and the necessity of this innovation is argued for in an early section of the paper.