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02546aam a2200361 i 4500 001 45A31CD05D1D11EA9B49BA2197128E48 003 SILO 005 20200303010150 008 190911t20202020ncua bq 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019041211 020 $a 1476670986 020 $a 9781476670980 035 $a (OCoLC)1135239387 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d A7U $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d SILO 050 00 $a P96 P727 W45 2020 245 00 $a Welcome to Arkham Asylum : $b essays on psychiatry and the Gotham City institution / $c edited by Sharon Packer, M.D. and Daniel R. Fredrick ; foreword by Jason W. Ellis. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2020] 300 $a ix, 301 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290), filmography (pages 277-279) and index. 520 $a "Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane is a staple of the Batman universe, evolving into a franchise comprised of comic books, graphic novels, video games, films, television series and more. The Arkham franchise, supposedly light-weight entertainment, has tackled weighty issues in contemporary psychiatry. Its plotlines reference clinical and ethical controversies that perplex even the most up-to-date professionals. The 25 essays in this collection explore the significance of Arkham's sinister psychiatrists, murderous mental patients, and unethical geneticists. It invites debates about the criminalization of the mentally ill, mental patients who move from defunct state hospitals into expanding prisons, madness versus badness, sociopathy versus psychosis, the "insanity defense" and more. Invoking literary figures from Lovecraft to Poe to Caligari, the 25 essays in this collection are a broad-ranging and thorough assessment of the franchise and its relationship to contemporary psychiatry."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Psychiatry in mass media. 650 0 $a Mentally ill in mass media. 650 0 $a Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane (Imaginary organization) 650 0 $a Psychology and literature. 650 0 $a Comic books, strips, etc. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Graphic novels $x History and criticism. 700 1 $a Packer, Sharon, $e editor. 700 1 $a Fredrick, Daniel R., $d 1968- $e editor. 700 1 $a Ellis, Jason W., $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707011848.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=45A31CD05D1D11EA9B49BA2197128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search