Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture: Anglo-American Representations, 2010 to Present

Wilkins, Christina

This book explores contemporary cultural narratives across film, television, and literature to illuminate the way male mental illness is positioned. It argues that fundamentally, the male experience is shaped differently due to the impact of gender expectations. Alongside this, narratives containing suicide also often fail to address the experiential, focusing on the why instead. This results in a limited approach that upholds hegemonic ideals, and with it, a need to rationalize or explain mental health and suicide, rather than engage with it more empathetically.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2025-10-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783032054418

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-05442-5

Dimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm

Pages: 221.0