People like ourselves : portrayals of mental illness in the movies / Jacqueline Noll Zimmerman.

Author/Creator:

Zimmerman, Jacqueline Noll, 1948-

Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Series:

Studies in film genres ; no. 3

Format/Description:

Book
xvii, 166 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects:

Mental illness in motion pictures.

Contents:

1. The price of conformity: the false self
2. The denial of reality
3. Hitchcock, chaos, and the devils of unreason
4. Women who can't forget
5. Divine madness: poets, prophets, and demons
6. War: a battle for the mind and spirit
7. Violence and mental illness: a good movie is hard to find.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-149), filmography (p. 151-155) and index.

ISBN:

0810848767 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

52311825

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