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Portrayal Of Mentally Ill. Alley Rhinehart. Big Five. Topic : Mentally Ill Focus : Portrayal and Perception I n F ilm and Media Method : Discourse Analysis, Textual Analysis Target of Analysis : Critical Reviews, Climactic Scenes
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Portrayal Of Mentally Ill Alley Rhinehart
Big Five • Topic : Mentally Ill • Focus : Portrayal and Perception In Film and Media • Method : Discourse Analysis, Textual Analysis • Target of Analysis : Critical Reviews, Climactic Scenes • Goals : How Definition of Mentally Ill Is Framed and Formed
Lit Review • A Short History Of Mental Illness in Western Society • Mental Illness In Society • Depictions In Media • Depictions In Film
Films • One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) • Girl, Interrupted (1999) • A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Methods • Discourse analysis of contemporary and of the time reviews of the films – 6 each, stemming from RottenTomatoes.com • Textual analysis of climactic scenes from the films
Results • Critics avoid social commentary of mentally ill • Climactic scenes reveal power struggle among institutions and patients – create a skewed perspective of ill
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