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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781576903321

Autore

Birch Michael

Titolo

Mediating mental health [[electronic resource] ] : contexts, debates and analysis / / Michael Birch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2012

ISBN

1-315-59460-9

1-317-09853-6

1-317-09852-8

1-283-36764-5

9786613367648

1-4094-2501-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Disciplina

362.2

Soggetti

Mental illness in mass media

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mediating mental health: contexts, analysis and debate -- Mediating mental health -- Critical contexts -- Historical contexts for popular meanings of madness -- Genre studies 1: film -- Genre studies 2: news and documentary -- Genre studies 3: drama -- The community project: reception study -- The community project: production project.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a detailed critical analysis of the representation of mental health conditions across a range of fictional and factual genres in film, television and radio, thus presenting an understanding of the ways in which media forms construct a mental health space, portray the related realities and identities, organize meaning about mental health through language, and addresses audiences in respect of a range of mental health issues.