Overview
- 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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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Anthony Carlton Cooke is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing and Linguistics at Georgia Southern University, USA. His work has been published in journals such as Journal of Black Studies and Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society. In addition to his academic work, Anthony has published poetry and fiction in the African American Review and the Arkansas Review.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Moral Panics, Mental Illness Stigma, and the Deinstitutionalization Movement in American Popular Culture
Authors: Anthony Carlton Cooke
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47979-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-47978-1Published: 24 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83872-4Published: 23 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-47979-8Published: 03 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 191
Topics: American Culture, American Cinema and TV, North American Literature, Media and Communication