{"product_id":"nobodys-normal-roy-richard-grinker-9780393531640","title":"Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In \u003cem\u003eNobody's Normal\u003c\/em\u003e, anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against mental-illness stigma--from the eighteenth century, through America's major wars, and into today's high-tech economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eNobody's Normal\u003c\/em\u003e argues that stigma is a social process that can be explained through cultural history, a process that began the moment we defined mental illness, that we learn from within our communities, and that we ultimately have the power to change. Though the legacies of shame and secrecy are still with us today, Grinker writes that we are at the cusp of ending the marginalization of the mentally ill. In the twenty-first century, mental illnesses are fast becoming a more accepted and visible part of human diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrinker infuses the book with the personal history of his family's four generations of involvement in psychiatry, including his grandfather's analysis with Sigmund Freud, his own daughter's experience with autism, and culminating in his research on neurodiversity. Drawing on cutting-edge science, historical archives, and cross-cultural research in Africa and Asia, Grinker takes readers on an international journey to discover the origins of, and variances in, our cultural response to neurodiversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrgent, eye-opening, and ultimately hopeful, \u003cem\u003eNobody's Normal\u003c\/em\u003e explains how we are transforming mental illness and offers a path to end the shadow of stigma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roy Richard Grinker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393531643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393531640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2021 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2021 pg. 20","brand":"Roy Richard Grinker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050380751103,"sku":"9780393531640","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20a17546-6dcc-4bb4-a3d9-9ca0a879673a.jpg?v=1685006896","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nobodys-normal-roy-richard-grinker-9780393531640","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}