Mental Illness in Popular Media: Essays on the Representation of Disorders

by Lawrence C. Rubin

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786460652
• ISBN13: 9780786460656
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher