Description
From mindfulness in schools to meditation apps, mental health is bursting out of the psychiatrist's chair and into our everyday conversations. As awareness of mental health increases, so does its predominance in popular culture, which makes for a particularly interesting investigation into the representation of these concerns on our most ubiquitous streaming service: Netflix.
These eight essays explore how the service's original content jumps into those conversations, creating helpful--or harmful--messaging about the inner workings of our minds. From toxic masculinity to PTSD, adolescence to motherhood, mental health touches our lives in myriad ways. This interdisciplinary collection explores these intersections, examining how representations of mental health on our screens shape our understanding of it in our lives.
About the Author
Emily Katseanes has taught at New Mexico State University, Louisiana State University, the University of Southern Mississippi, and the University of Colorado. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Reviews
"... an important and useful critique of the representation of mental illness in popular media"-Carol-Ann Farkas, ed., Reading the Psychosomatic in Medical and Popular Culture
Book Information
ISBN 9781476682709
Author Emily Katseanes
Format Paperback
Page Count 193
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 263g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm