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The bipolar express : manic depression and the movies /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Coleman, David, 1964- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Subjects:	Manic-depressive illness. Mental illness in motion pictures. Manic-depressive persons. Bipolar Disorder. Mentally Ill Persons. Motion Pictures. Medicine in the Arts. Ebooks. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

A brief overview of manic depression and how it affects creativity
The early cinema and mental illness
The golden age of silent films and manic depression
1930s: bipolar disorder speaks at the movies
1940s: the effects of World War II on bipolar cinema
1950s: psychological realism in bipolar film depictions
1960s: the liberalization of manic-depressive stereotypes
1970s: the manic-depressive temperament defines new Hollywood
1980s-1990s: the burgeoning diversity of depressive expressionism
2000s: bipolar cinema fully emerges from lingering shadows.