Mental Illness in popular media essays on the representation of disorders /

Whether in movies, cartoons, commercials, or even fast food marketing, psychology and mental illness remain pervasive in popular culture. In this collection of new essays, scholars from a range of fields explore representations of mental illness and disabilities across various media of popular cultu...

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Other Authors: Rubin, Lawrence C., 1955-, ebrary, Inc.
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2012]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 298 pages).
Series: ebrary e-book collection.
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520 |a Whether in movies, cartoons, commercials, or even fast food marketing, psychology and mental illness remain pervasive in popular culture. In this collection of new essays, scholars from a range of fields explore representations of mental illness and disabilities across various media of popular culture. Contributors address how forms of psychiatric disorder have been addressed in film, on stage, and in literature, how popular culture genres are utilized to communicate often confusing and conflicted relationships with the mentally ill, and how popular cultures around the world reflect mental ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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