S. Cross

Mediating Madness

Mental Distress and Cultural Representation

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-00531-0
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 137mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 369g
• ISBN-13: 9780230005310
• ISBN-10: 0230005314
• Artikelnr.: 28240675

Autorenporträt

SIMON CROSS is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University, UK. His research focuses on areas of sensitive public policy.

Inhaltsangabe

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