Moral Panics, Mental Illness Stigma, and the Deinstitutionalization Movement in American Popular Culture
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Beschreibung
This book argues that cultural fascination with the “madperson” stems from the contemporaneous increase of chronically mentally ill persons in public life due to deinstitutionalization—the mental health reform movement leading to the closure of many asylums in favor of outpatient care. Anthony Carlton Cooke explores the reciprocal spheres of influence between deinstitutionalization, representations of the “murderous, mentally ill individual” in the horror, crime, and thriller genres, and the growth of public associations of violent crime with mental illness.
Puts forth a new theory of the "panic figure" in American fiction, drama, television Uses cultural and critical analysis to illustrate the link between mental healthcare discourse and popular representation Offers perspectives on representation of mental illness stigma from the turn of the twentieth century to the end of the twentieth century Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Anthony Carlton Cooke
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