Open AccessThe Journey of a Hospital Gown: Performing Needlework
Author(s) -
Jennifer Richardson
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
disability studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2159-8371
pISSN - 1041-5718
DOI - 10.18061/dsq.v36i3.4439
Subject(s) - objectification , dignity , representation (politics) , visual arts , psychology , sociology , aesthetics , art , political science , law , politics
This essay explores issues surrounding psychiatric hospitalization through the intersection of creative writing and artmaking. The writing reflects on four artworks by the author created from appropriated hospital gowns that reflect on issues of representation and historical and contemporary experiences of hospitalization for mental disabilities including questions surrounding dignity, wellness, family, asylum tourism, psychiatric photography, and objectification.