How to Cite
Livingston, Kathy. 2010. “Viewing Popular Films about Mental Illness Through a Sociological Lens”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/viewing-popular-films-about-mental-illness-through-a.
Abstract
The distortion of images is especially problematic in films about disability (Saran 1998a; 1998b). Among films portraying characters with disabilities, psychiatric disabilities are portrayed more often than any other disability category (Byrd and Elliott 1985), and popular films depicting characters with mental illness often portray their symptoms...Download this resource to see full details. Download this resource to see full details.
Details
- Subject Area(s):
- Social Control
- Resource Type(s):
- Essay
- Class Level(s):
- College 200
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