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Saara Jäntti

I'm a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Jyväskylä, based in the Department of Languages. Iwrote my PhD thesis, Bringing Madness Home. The multiple meanings of home in Janet Frame's Faces in the Water, Bessie Head's A Question of Power and Lauren Slater's Prozac Diary as an attempt to create an alternative to medical discourse on madness. It also employed and challenged previous feminist notions in regard to the relation of home and madness. The thesis is available online: https://jyx.jyu.fi/dspace/handle/123456789/37880 . And i'd be happy to receive comments on it.

Humanities Subjects

  • Literature

Health Care Areas

  • Mental health

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