Mediating Madness Mental Distress and Cultural Representation
Description
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.
Keywords
Social ScienceMedia StudiesRegional StudiesSociologyAnthropologyCultural & SocialSocial WorkLanguage Arts & DisciplinesCommunication Studies
2010Book
Author(s)Simon Cross
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230005310
LanguageEnglish
