DST 500 Chapter Notes - Chapter Articles: Drapetomania, Overdiagnosis, Dysesthesia

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Disability Studies
• Course: DST 500
• Professor: Jenna Reid

Document Summary

Examining settler societies (canada) and the migrant woman who live there using an intersectionality approach to analyze experiences through ethnicity and gender. Key characteristic of research on gender and migration is the awareness of the diversity of the (cid:862)(cid:373)igra(cid:374)t (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:863) categor(cid:455), taki(cid:374)g i(cid:374)to accou(cid:374)t (cid:373)ultiple a(cid:454)es of po(cid:449)er relatio(cid:374)s (race, class, age, religion, disability) Diaspora refers to fluctuating movements and identities, implies the existence of meaningful communities which are based on a continuing shared identification. While gender, class and race have become the accepted triad of intersectionality, there is also religion, marital status, generation, language, etc. Race and culture issues in mental health and some thoughts on ethnic identity. Race is largely based on physical appearance and culture is values and worldviews that people live by. Through colonialism, western beliefs about mental health and controlling this have been imposed throughout most of the world.