- Publisher: Fernwood
- ISBN: 9781552664711
- Price: $17.95 CAD
- Publication Date: Feb 2012
- Pages: 112
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Request Exam CopyAncient Mariner Speaks
Examining Regimes of Truth in ADHD
Marion Stordy
The number of children labelled ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) has been on the increase since the term entered common medical parlance thirty years ago. Through a deeply personal narrative and an analysis of Michel Foucault’s theories on truth, power and knowledge, The Ancient Mariner Speaks argues that the ADHD label has contributed to the pathologizing of children’s, particularly boys’, behaviour and the further marginalization and exclusion, rather than inclusion, of students in the classroom.
Contents
Introduction: The Ancient Mariner Speaks • The Narrative • Exploring a Life: Illuminating a Culture • Criticism, Chal- lenge, Confrontation and Conflict • Governmentality, Schooling and Subjectivity • Discourses and the Pursuit of Truth in ADHD • Conclusion • Epilogue: Ben Stordy • References
About the Author
MARION STORDY has a master of education from the University of Prince Edward Island and is a retired teacher and the grandmother of a boy labelled ADHD.