Moral Panics, Mental Illness Stigma, and the Deinstitutionalization Movement in American Popular Culture

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Anthony Carlton Cooke ISBN: 9783319479798
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: October 3, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Anthony Carlton Cooke
ISBN: 9783319479798
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: October 3, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book argues that cultural fascination with the “madperson” stems from the contemporaneous increase of chronically mentally ill persons in public life due to deinstitutionalization—the mental health reform movement leading to the closure of many asylums in favor of outpatient care. Anthony Carlton Cooke explores the reciprocal spheres of influence between deinstitutionalization, representations of the “murderous, mentally ill individual” in the horror, crime, and thriller genres, and the growth of public associations of violent crime with mental illness.

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This book argues that cultural fascination with the “madperson” stems from the contemporaneous increase of chronically mentally ill persons in public life due to deinstitutionalization—the mental health reform movement leading to the closure of many asylums in favor of outpatient care. Anthony Carlton Cooke explores the reciprocal spheres of influence between deinstitutionalization, representations of the “murderous, mentally ill individual” in the horror, crime, and thriller genres, and the growth of public associations of violent crime with mental illness.

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