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Mental disorders in popular film : how Hollywood uses, shames, and obscures mental diversity / Erin Heath.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.M463 H43 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heath, Erin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental illness in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--United States--History.
- Motion pictures.
- United States.
- History.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 97 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Heath, Erin, author. Mental disorders in popular film
- ISBN:
- 9781498521710
- 1498521711
- OCLC:
- 1077789311
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