Madness, Power and the Media [electronic resource] : Class, Gender and Race in Popular Representations of Mental Distress /
Harper, S.author.
Questioning the psychiatric construction of mental distress as 'illness', and challenging existing studies of media stigmatization, Stephen Harper argues that today's media images of mental distress are often sympathetic, yet tend to reproduce the sexist, classist, racist and individualist ideologies of contemporary capitalism.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-220) and index.
Framing madness : historical and cultural debates -- Stigmatisation, violence and media criticism -- The suffering screen : cinematic portrayals of mental distress -- Channelling affliction : television discourses of distress -- A new leaf? : changing representations of mental distress in print media -- Conclusion : media, madness and ideology.
Questioning the psychiatric construction of mental distress as 'illness', and challenging existing studies of media stigmatization, Stephen Harper argues that today's media images of mental distress are often sympathetic, yet tend to reproduce the sexist, classist, racist and individualist ideologies of contemporary capitalism.
Motion pictures and television.
Communication.
Sociology.
Cultural studies.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Screen Studies.
Media Research.
Cultural Studies.
Sociology, general.
Media Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.