Cinema's sinister psychiatrists : from Caligari to Hannibal / Sharon Packer.

  • Packer, Sharon.
Date:
[2012], ©2012
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Description

"This book discusses films with diabolical drugging, unethical experimentation, involuntary incarceration, sexual exploitation, lobotomies, "shock schlock," conspiracy theories and military medicine, to show how fact informs fantasy, and when fantasy trumps reality. Except for six "golden years" from 1957 to 1963, portrayals of bad psychiatrists far outnumber good ones and this book tells how and why that was"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2012], ©2012.

Physical description

ix, 245 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9780786463909
  • 0786463902