Mediating madness : mental distress and cultural representation

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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.

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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.