Mind reeling : psychopathology on film /
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| Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, [2020] |
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| Description: | xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series, horizons of cinema SUNY series, horizons of cinema. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12449598 |
| Summary: | Mind Reeling investigates how cinema displays and mirrors psychological disorders, such as bipolar disorder, amnesia, psychotic delusions, obsessive compulsive behavior, trauma, paranoia, and borderline personalities. It explores a range of genres, including biopics, comedies, film noirs, contemporary dramedies, thrillers, Gothic mysteries, and docufictions. The contributors open up critical approaches to audience fascination with film depictions of serious disturbances within the human psyche. Many films examined here have had little scholarly attention and commentary. These essays focus on how cinematic techniques contribute to popular culture's conception of mental dysfunction, trauma, and illness. This book reveals the complex artistic and generic patterns that produce contemporary images of psychopathology in cinema. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781438481012 1438481012 9781438481029 |
