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Author:   Lawrence C. Rubin
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9780786460656

ISBN 10:   0786460652
Pages:   307
Publication Date:   22 March 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword by Jonathan M. Metzl      Introduction by Lawrence C. Rubin      SECTION MENTAL ILLNESS DEPICTED IN POPULAR CULTURE 1. The Hero with a Thousand Dysfluencies: The Changing Portrayals of People Who Stutter by Jeffrey K. Johnson      2. Representations of Attention Deficit Disorder: Portrayals of Public Skepticism in Popular Media by Elizabeth S. England Kennedy      3. Smooth Operator: The Compensated Psychopath in Cinema by Debra Merskin      4. The Most Dangerous Deviants in America: Why the Disabled Are Depicted as Deranged Killers by Shawn M. Phillips      5. Off Their Rockers: Representation of Postpartum Depression by Laura Tropp      6. Lesbianism and the Fourth Dimension: The Psychotic Lesbian by Julian Vigo      7. “The Veteran Problem”: Examining Contemporary Constructions of Returning Veterans by Alena Papayanis      SECTION POPULAR CULTURE GENRES AND MENTAL ILLNESS 8. Musical Storm and Mental Stress: Trauma and Instability in Contemporary American Musical Theater by Esther Terry      9. Bad Girls: From Eve to Britney by Wanda Little Fenimore      10. Evolving Stages: Representations of Mental Illness in Contemporary American Theater by Sarah J. Rudolph      11. New Media as a Powerful Ally in the Representation of Mental Illness: YouTube, Resistance and Change by Katie Ellis      12. On the Wings of Icarus: Exploring the Flawed Superhero by Lawrence C. Rubin      SECTION THREE MENTAL ILLNESS AND POPULAR CULTURE ABROAD 13. The Aesthetics of Mad Spaces: Policing the Public Image of Graffiti and Mental Illness in Canada by Kimberley White      14. Beyond Beyond Reason: Images of People with Mental Disabilities in Australian Film Since the 1970s by Philippa Martyr      15. Representing “Tradition,” Confusing “Modernity”: Love and Mental Illness in Yoruba (Nigerian) Video Films by Saheed Aderinto      16. Reframing Mental Health and Illness: Perspectives from the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival by Lee Knifton      Afterword      About the Contributors      Index     

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Author Information

Lawrence C. Rubin is a professor of counselor education at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida, and a practicing psychologist. He lives in Pompano Beach.

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