Madness, Power and the Media
Class, Gender and Race in Popular Representations of Mental Distress
Published on 30. July 2009
Book
Hardback
VI, 238 pages
978-0-230-21880-2 (ISBN)
Description
Questioning the psychiatric construction of mental distress as 'illness', and challenging existing studies of media stigmatization, Stephen Harper argues that today's media images of mental distress are often sympathetic, yet tend to reproduce the sexist, classist, racist and individualist ideologies of contemporary capitalism.
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Edition
2009 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
VI, 238 p.
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-21880-2 (9780230218802)
DOI
10.1057/9780230249509
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
S. Harper
Madness, Power and the Media
Class, Gender and Race in Popular Representations of Mental Distress
E-Book
07/2009
1st Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
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Person
STEPHEN HARPER is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK.
Content
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