| Description |
x, 217 pages |
| Contents |
1. The asylum : its construction and deconstruction / William Wingfield -- 2. Hollywood Rx / Meredith Kneavel and Ann Kneavel -- 3. Cheerful robots in cyberspace : prozac, postmodernism, and politics / Simon Gottschalk -- 4. Advertising madness / Lawrence C. Rubin -- 5. Psychotropics, it's what's for dinner! : technologies of sex, gender, body, and the mind in the medicalization of food / Phillip Vannini -- 6. Rappers, ravers, and rock stars : the deviantizing hand of music in psychotropia / Robert Keller -- 7. From playground to pharmacy : medicating childhood / Michael Brody -- 8. False advertising : gender stereotypes, corporate manipulation, and consumer resistance / C. Richard King and Marcie L. Gilliland -- Conclusion : Huxley's prophecy / Lawrence C. Rubin |
| Summary |
"The authors in this compilation of essays contend that society has been transformed into an asylum without walls--a 'psychotropia.' With each new definition of a mental ailment a new cure is offered, increasing the number of inmates in this asylum and blurring the lines between mental health and mental illness"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Psychotropic drugs.
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Popular culture.
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| Author |
Rubin, Lawrence C., 1955-
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| LC no. |
2006014346 |
| ISBN |
078642513X softcover alkaline paper |
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