Awards

• Runner-up for Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection 2021 (United States)

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Author:   Sharon Packer, MD ,  Daniel R. Fredrick
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781476670980

ISBN 10:   1476670986
Pages:   311
Publication Date:   02 January 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Jason W. Ellis Preface by Sharon Packer, M.D. Introduction: Why Arkham, Why Now? (Sharon Packer, M.D.) Section I: Clinical Psychiatric Controversies The Differential Diagnosis of Elizabeth Arkham (Elyse D. Weiner, M.D.) ECT in Arkham Asylum: Pacification, Assassination and Electrocution (Timothy W. Kneeland) Hallucinations and Psychedelics in Arkham (Matthew Brown, D.O., and Fernando Espí Forcén, M.D.) Section II: Forensic Psychiatric Controversies I’m [Virtual] Batman: Violence and Video Games (Ryan C.W. Hall, M.D., and Susan Hatters Friedman, M.D.) Deadly and Dysfunctional Family Dynamics: When Fiction Mirrors Fact (Susan Hatters Friedman, M.D., and Ryan C.W. Hall, M.D.) Murderous Minds, Arkham Villains and Real (Not Reel) Life Movie Massacres (Sharon Packer, M.D.) Section III: ­Medical-Ethical Controversies Anti-Psychiatry and the Arkham Asylum (Fernando Espí Forcén, M.D.) Harley Quinn and the Joker: Pitfalls of ­Doctor-Patient Romances (Sharon Packer, M.D.) Unethical Experiments in Arkham and Elsewhere (Sharon Packer, M.D.) Section IV: Big Screen Parallels Arkham’s Sinister Psychiatrists and the Continuum with Caligari (Sharon Packer, M.D.) Haunted by Madness: Horror and the Supernatural in Arkham Asylum (Michael Markus) Breaking Out: The Escaped Mental Patient in the Batman Universe (Jeffrey Bullins) The Suicide Squad: From Bad to Good and Back Again (Jaq Greenspon and Rasa Greenspon) Section V: Small Screen Parallels Animated Arkham: Television and Children’s Perceptions of Psychiatric Treatment (Kristi Rowan Humphreys) The Fine Line Between Sanity and Madness in Star Trek’s “Whom Gods Destroy” and Arkham Asylum: A Serious Place on Serious Earth (Darren ­Harris-Fain and Eric J. Sterling) Section VI: Video Screen Parallels If Walls Could Scream: Embedded Narratives and Mazes of Madness in the Virtual Space of Arkham (Asylum Shawn Edrei) Excavating Arkham: The Mental Asylum as Horrible Homecoming (Brenda S. Gardenour Walter) Section VII: Literary and Artistic Influences Bizarro Arkham, Bizarro World: The Looking Glass Looks Back (Aaron Barlow) The ­Neo-Expressionist Agony of Arkham Asylum (Rosa JH Berland) Surrealism’s Influence on Arkham and Psychiatry’s Influence on Surrealism (Sharon Packer, M.D.) Poe’s Place in Arkham Asylum: Precursors and Parallels (Caleb Puckett) H.P. Lovecraft, Literary Heritage and Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eric Sandberg) Section VIII: Mythic and Religious Parallels Evil Clowns and Acrobats: The Joker and Harley Quinn (Adam W. Darlage) Matricide and Myth (Daniel R. Fredrick) Appendix: Unethical Experiments in Modern Genetics Research About the Contributors Filmography Bibliography Index

Reviews

This collection excels in a scholarly, well-referenced survey that considers the wide-ranging cultural impact and influence of the Arkman Asylum. Offers an involving literary and multidisciplinary approach designed to appeal to a large audience of college readers interested in the Arkham legacy. --Donovan's Bookshelf

"""This collection excels in a scholarly, well-referenced survey that considers the wide-ranging cultural impact and influence of the Arkman Asylum. Offers an involving literary and multidisciplinary approach designed to appeal to a large audience of college readers interested in the Arkham legacy.""--Donovan's Bookshelf"

Author Information

Sharon Packer, M.D., is a New York City psychiatrist and an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Daniel R. Fredrick is an assistant professor of writing at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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