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Mediating Madness

Mental Distress and Cultural Representation

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Simon Cross
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Simon Cross
    Pages 1-6

  3. Madness and the Popular Imagination

    • Simon Cross
    Pages 7-33

  4. Illustrations of Madness: Seeing and Reading Historical Images of Insanity

    • Simon Cross
    Pages 34-70

  5. Bedlam in Mind: Campaigning Journalists and Insane Conditions

    • Simon Cross
    Pages 71-93

  6. Mad, Bad and Dangerous: Psychiatry and Criminals in the Popular Press

    • Simon Cross
    Pages 94-128

  7. Visualising Madness: Mental Distress and Public Representation

    • Simon Cross
    Pages 129-149

  8. Speaking of Voices: Mediating Talk about Mental Distress

    • Simon Cross
    Pages 150-176

  9. Concluding Remarks

    • Simon Cross
    Pages 177-181

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 182-202
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About this book

Mediating Madness examines how mediations of madness emerge, disappear and interleave, only to re-emerge at unexpected moments. Drawing on social and cultural histories of madness, history of art, and popular journalism, the book offers a unique interdisciplinary understanding of historical and contemporary media representations of madness.

About the author

SIMON CROSS is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University, UK. His research focuses on areas of sensitive public policy.

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