Madness, Power and the Media: Class, Gender and Race in Popular Representations

Description: Madness, Power and the Media by S. Harper Questioning the psychiatric construction of mental distress as illness, and challenging existing studies of media stigmatization, Stephen Harper argues that todays media images of mental distress are often sympathetic, yet tend to reproduce the sexist, classist, racist and individualist ideologies of contemporary capitalism. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Questioning the psychiatric construction of mental distress as illness, and challenging existing studies of media stigmatization, Stephen Harper argues that todays media images of mental distress are often sympathetic, yet tend to reproduce the sexist, classist, racist and individualist ideologies of contemporary capitalism. Notes An exploration of images of mental distress in film and mass media, revealing how they reflect and are informed by ideologies of social class, gender and race Author Biography STEPHEN HARPER is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Framing Madness: Historical and Cultural Debates Stigmatisation, Violence and Media Criticism The Suffering Screen: Cinematic Portrayals of Mental Distress Channelling Affliction: Television Discourses of Distress A New Leaf?: Changing Representations of Mental Distress in Print Media Conclusion: Media, Madness and Ideology in Capitalist Society Notes Bibliography Index Long Description Madness, Power and the Media offers fresh and controversial insights into the changing role of mental distress in contemporary Western culture. The text is fully up-to-date, covering film, television and print media texts since the mid-1990s and addressing the recent explosion of interest in celebrity breakdowns. Engaging with existing scholarship in the field, the book challenges some longstanding and widespread critical assumptions about the nature and causes of madness and about the connection between mental distress and violence. Arguing strongly for the social constructedness of madness, Description for Bookstore An exploration of images of mental distress in film and mass media, revealing how they Details ISBN0230218806 Language English ISBN-10 0230218806 ISBN-13 9780230218802 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2009 Short Title MADNESS POWER & MEDIA Pages 238 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Class, Gender and Race in Popular Representations of Mental Distress Country of Publication United Kingdom Place of Publication Basingstoke UK Release Date 2009-07-30 AU Release Date 2009-07-30 NZ Release Date 2009-07-30 Illustrations VI, 238 p. Author S. Harper Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date 2009-07-30 Alternative 9781349304585 DEWEY 070.4493622 Audience Further / Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97215676;

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