Description
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 illness and disability. Analyses of sources as disparate as the Batman films, Broadway musicals and Nigerian home movies reveal how definitions of mental illness, mental health, and of psychology itself intersect with discourses on race, gender, law, capitalism, and globalization.
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About the Author
Lawrence C. Rubin is a professor of counselor education at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida, and a practicing psychologist. He lives in Pompano Beach.
Reviews
"essays consider the ways mental illness is represented in popular media"-Reference & Research Book News.
Book Information
ISBN 9780786460656
Author Lawrence C. Rubin
Format Paperback
Page Count 307
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 413g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm
