Mental illness in popular media : essays on the representation of disorders /
Mental illness in popular media : essays on the representation of disorders /
edited by Lawrence C. Rubin ; foreword by Jonathan Metzl.
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2012.
- viii, 298 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The hero with a thousand dysfluencies: the changing portrayal of people who stutter / Representations of attention deficit disorder: portrayals of public skepticism in popular media / Smooth operator: the compensated psychopath in cinema / The most dangerous deviants in America: why the disabled are depicted as deranged killers / Off their rockers: representations of postpartum depression / Lesbianism and the fourth dimension: the psychotic lesbian / "The veteran problem": examining contemporary constructions of returning veterans / Musical storm and mental stress: trauma and instability in contemporary American musical theater / Bad girls: from Eve to Britney / Evolving stages: representations of mental illness in contemporary American theater / New media as a powerful ally in the representation of mental illness: YouTube, resistance and change / On the wings of Icarus: exploring the flawed superhero / The aesthetics of mad spaces: policing the public image of graffiti and mental illness in Canada / Beyond beyond reason: images of people with mental disabilities in Australian film since the 1970s / Representing "tradition," confusing "modernity": love and mental illness in Yoruba (Nigerian) video films / Reframing mental health and illness: perspectives from the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival / Jeffrey K. Johnson -- Elizabeth S. EnglandKennedy -- Debra Merskin -- Shawn M. Phillips -- Laura Tropp -- Julian Vigo -- Alena Papayanis -- Esther Terry -- Wanda Little Fenimore -- Sarah J. Rudolph -- Katie Ellis -- Lawrence C. Rubin -- Kimberley White -- Philippa Martyr -- Sabeed Aderinto -- Lee Knifton.
"In this collection of essays, domestic and international scholars from a range of fields explore representations of mental illness across various mediums of popular culture. Contributors address how forms of psychiatric disorder have been addressed in film, on stage, and in literature"--
9780786460656 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786460652 (softcover : alk. paper)
2012004953
Mental illness in mass media.
P 96.M45 / M46 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The hero with a thousand dysfluencies: the changing portrayal of people who stutter / Representations of attention deficit disorder: portrayals of public skepticism in popular media / Smooth operator: the compensated psychopath in cinema / The most dangerous deviants in America: why the disabled are depicted as deranged killers / Off their rockers: representations of postpartum depression / Lesbianism and the fourth dimension: the psychotic lesbian / "The veteran problem": examining contemporary constructions of returning veterans / Musical storm and mental stress: trauma and instability in contemporary American musical theater / Bad girls: from Eve to Britney / Evolving stages: representations of mental illness in contemporary American theater / New media as a powerful ally in the representation of mental illness: YouTube, resistance and change / On the wings of Icarus: exploring the flawed superhero / The aesthetics of mad spaces: policing the public image of graffiti and mental illness in Canada / Beyond beyond reason: images of people with mental disabilities in Australian film since the 1970s / Representing "tradition," confusing "modernity": love and mental illness in Yoruba (Nigerian) video films / Reframing mental health and illness: perspectives from the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival / Jeffrey K. Johnson -- Elizabeth S. EnglandKennedy -- Debra Merskin -- Shawn M. Phillips -- Laura Tropp -- Julian Vigo -- Alena Papayanis -- Esther Terry -- Wanda Little Fenimore -- Sarah J. Rudolph -- Katie Ellis -- Lawrence C. Rubin -- Kimberley White -- Philippa Martyr -- Sabeed Aderinto -- Lee Knifton.
"In this collection of essays, domestic and international scholars from a range of fields explore representations of mental illness across various mediums of popular culture. Contributors address how forms of psychiatric disorder have been addressed in film, on stage, and in literature"--
9780786460656 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786460652 (softcover : alk. paper)
2012004953
Mental illness in mass media.
P 96.M45 / M46 2012