1st Edition
Madness and Distress in Music Education Toward a Mad-Affirming Approach
Introduction: Madness and Distress in Music Education: Toward a Mad-Affirming Approach
Ch. 1 – Just What Is Mad Studies and What Is It Doing in a “Nice” Field Like Music Education?
Ch. 2 – Applying Models from Disability Studies to Experiences of Madness and Distress
Ch. 3 – Conceptualizing and Discussing Mental Health Differences
Ch. 4 – Benefits of Neurodivergence
Ch. 5 – A Question of Visibility: Being “Out” in Music Education
Ch. 6 – How Music (Education) Might Harm
Ch. 7 – How Music (Education) Might Help
Ch. 8 – Abolition and Distress
Conclusion: A Mad-Affirming Music Education
Afterword
Appendix 1 – A Note on Methods
Appendix 2 – A Call for Activism
Biography
Juliet Hess is Associate Professor of Music Education at Michigan State University. She is the author of Music Education for Social Change and co-editor of Trauma and Resilience in Music Education.
