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Madness, Power and the Media - by S Harper (Hardcover)
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- Questioning the psychiatric construction of mental distress as 'illness', and challenging existing studies of media stigmatization, Stephen Harper argues that today's media images of mental distress are often sympathetic, yet tend to reproduce the sexist, classist, racist and individualist ideologies of contemporary capitalism.
- About the Author: STEPHEN HARPER is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK.
- 238 Pages
- Social Science, Media Studies
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Questioning the psychiatric construction of mental distress as 'illness', and challenging existing studies of media stigmatization, Stephen Harper argues that today's media images of mental distress are often sympathetic, yet tend to reproduce the sexist, classist, racist and individualist ideologies of contemporary capitalism.About the Author
STEPHEN HARPER is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK.Dimensions (Overall): 8.6 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .95 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 238
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Media Studies
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Format: Hardcover
Author: S Harper
Language: English
Street Date: July 30, 2009
TCIN: 1006476726
UPC: 9780230218802
Item Number (DPCI): 247-37-5631
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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