Madness, power and the media
Subtitle: class, gender and race in popular representations of mental distress
By: Stephen Harper.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780230218802
Subjects: Mental illness in mass media; Mental illness -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: Framing madness : historical and cultural debates; title: Stigmatisation, violence and media criticism; title: The suffering screen : cinematic portrayals of mental distress; title: Channelling affliction : television discourses of distress; title: A new leaf? : changing representations of mental distress in print media; title: Conclusion : media, madness and ideology.