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Title Mental disorders in popular film : how Hollywood uses, shames, and obscures mental diversity / Erin Heath.
Author Heath, Erin, author.
Publisher Lanham Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
Copyright ©2019


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 DUE 07-06-24  Standard  Library Level 11  Theatre K500.M36 HEA  

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Description vii, 97 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN 9781498521710 cloth : alkaline paper
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Gender and reality in Fight club and Black swan -- Villainizing and psychopaths in The Dark Knight and The silence of the lambs -- Cognitive theory and autism in Rain man and Mary and Max -- Disability theory and race in Radio and The soloist -- Institutionalization and gaslighting in Girl interrupted and 12 monkeys -- Conclusion.
Library Class Theatre K500.M36
Subject Mental illness in motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History and criticism.

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