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Metaphors of Mental Illness in Graphic Medicine

Metaphors of Mental Illness in Graphic Medicine - Paperback

by Sweetha Saji, Sathyaraj Venkatesan
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sweetha Saji, Sathyaraj VenkatesanSeries:Routledge Focus on LiteraturePublish date:2023-05-31Pages:140
Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9781032163505ISBN-10:103216350XUPC:9781032163505Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Comics & Graphic Novels, Modern, Comparative LiteratureBook Topic:21st CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.33 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SC5WM44YXA
This book investigates how graphic medicine enables sufferers of mental illness to visualize 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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9781032163505ISBN-10:103216350XUPC:9781032163505Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Comics & Graphic Novels, Modern, Comparative LiteratureBook Topic:21st CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.33 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SC5WM44YXA

Sweetha Saji is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru. Her areas of research interest include Graphic Medicine and Medical Humanities. She has published over ten research articles in SCI and Scopus indexed journals. She is an ad-hoc reviewer for Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics and BMJ Journal of Medical Humanities. She has presented over 12 research papers at International and National conferences organized by prestigious institutions including the University of Granada, Spain, JNU New Delhi, and IIT Madras.

Sathyaraj Venkatesan is Associate Professor of English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Institute of Technology, Trichy (India). He is the author of 6 books and over 90 research publications that span African American literature, health humanities, graphic medicine, film studies, and other literary and culture studies disciplines. He is most recently the co-author of Infertility Comics and Graphic Medicine (2021) and India Retold (2021).


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