Metaphors of Mental Illness in Graphic Medicine

Name: Metaphors of Mental Illness in Graphic Medicine
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Metaphors of Mental Illness in Graphic MedicineAuthor(s): Sweetha Saji, Sathyaraj Venkatesan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032102092, 978-1032102092\nSynopsis\nThis book investigates how graphic medicine enables sufferers of mental illness to visualise the intricacies of their internal mindscape through visual metaphors and reclaim their voice amidst stereotyped and prejudiced assumptions of mental illness as a disease of deviance and violence.\n\nIn this context, by using Lakoff and Johnsons conceptual metaphor theory (CMT), this study uncovers the broad spectrum of the mentally ills experiences, a relatively undertheorised area in medical humanities. The aim is to demonstrate that mentally ill people are often represented as either grotesquely exaggerated or overly romanticised across diverse media and biomedical discourses. Further, they have been disparaged as emotionally drained and unreasonable individua.