| Description |
vii, 97 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Gender and reality in Fight club and Black swan -- Villainizing and psychopaths in The dark knight and The silence of the lambs -- Cognitive theory and autism in Rain man and Mary and Max -- Disability theory and race in Radio and The soloist -- Institutionalization and gaslighting in Girl interrupted and 12 monkeys -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Contemporary popular films commonly feature people with mental disorders to critique social, political, or economic concerns unrelated to the character's disorder. Focusing on films like Fight Club, The Silence of the Lambs, The Dark Knight, and Black Swan, this book examines characters who have a mental disorder and who are variously used, shamed, patronized, oppressed, villainized, or killed off. Through a lens of disability studies, one can see the varied forms of control and manipulation that construct popular cinema's representations of people with a mental disorder." -- Back cover. |
| Subject |
Mental illness in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Mental Disorders -- psychology. (DNLM)D001523Q000523 |
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Medicine in the Arts. (DNLM)D008512 |
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Motion Pictures. (DNLM)D009040 |
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Social Problems. (DNLM)D012940 |
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United States. (DNLM)D014481 |
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Mental illness in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01016618
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Motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01027285
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| ISBN |
9781498521710 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1498521711 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781498521727 electronic publication |
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149852172X |
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9781498521727 |
| Standard No. |
40029021684 |
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