Images of Mental Illness Text and Performance
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Creation Date
2005
Publisher
Edwin Mellen Press
City
Lewiston, N.Y.
Document Type
Book
Description
Theoretical inquiry into the representation of mental illness on stage has not kept pace with theatre scholarship relating to images of marginalized populations as presented on stage, nor with developments in current thinking about mental disease. This collection examines the dynamics of characterization and the problematics of representation within the context of new trends in pharmacology and reconfigured definitions of mental disease, at a time when unprecedented attention is being given to the complex realities of living with mental disorders. Source: Publisher