Mediating madness : mental distress and cultural representation
by
Cross, Simon, 1964-
Title
:
Mediating madness : mental distress and cultural representation
Author
:
Cross, Simon, 1964-
ISBN
:
9780230005310
Personal Author
:
Cross, Simon, 1964-
Publication Information
:
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Physical Description
:
xi, 202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Madness and the Popular Imagination -- Illustrations of Madness: Seeing and Reading Historical Images of Insanity -- Bedlam in Mind: Campaigning Journalists and Public Images of Insanity -- Mad, Bad and Dangerous: Psychiatry and Criminals in the Popular Press -- Visualising Madness: Mental Illness and Public Representation -- Speaking of Voices: Mediating Public Talk about Mental Illness (co-authored with Graham Murdock) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract
:
"Mediating Madness examines how mediations of madness emerge, disappear and interleave, only to re-emerge at unexpected moments. Drawing on social and cultural histories of madness, history of art, and popular journalism, the book offers a unique interdisciplinary understanding of historical and contemporary media representations of madness"--Provided by publisher.
Subject Term
:
Mental illness in mass media.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025541372 | 362.2 C951M 2010 | 1 |