Mental Disorders in Popular Film - How Hollywood Uses, Shames, and Obscures Mental Diversity

Informationen zum Autor By Erin Heath Klappentext Mental Disorders in Popular Film discusses popular cinematic representations of characters with mental disorders or diversity, contextualizing these works in the Hollywood machine. These films demonstrate the many ways that Hollywood has used people with mental disorders as excuses to control or oppress diverse people and ideas. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Gender and Reality in Fight Club and Black Swan2. Villainizing and Psychopaths in The Dark Knight and The Silence of the Lambs3. Cognitive Theory and Autism in Rain Man and Mary and Max 4. Disability Theory and Race in Radio and The Soloist5. Institutionalization and Gaslighting in Girl Interrupted and 12 Monkeys

Product details

• Authors: Erin Heath
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781498521710
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2171-0
• No. of pages: 106
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 5 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Clinical psychology, Abnormal psychology, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society