Research Catalog

Title

Psychosomatic imagery : photographic reflections on mental disorders / Ali Shobeiri, Helen Westgeest, editors.

Publication

• Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, [2023]
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Shobeiri, Ali
• Westgeest, Helen, 1958-

Description

xv, 206 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 22 cm

Summary

"This book explores the potential of specific photographic images for reflecting on experiences of mental disorders. Instead of looking at photographs of (people suffering from) mental disorders, this volume aspires to comprehend the complexities of such conditions through photographic lexicons, metaphors, and practices. For this book, a mental disorder is not to be seen as a dysfunction or impairment, but a state in which the sustaining balance of stable and unstable mind is unsettled, which may induce mental/bodily disturbances. The term "psychosomatic" refers to the interaction of the mind (psyche) with the body (soma); it refers to their co-dependence. By the term "Psychosomatic Imagery" this volume refers to a distinctive trope of photographic images that deal with the body-mind interaction during the states of mental disorders. This novel theoretical framework in photography theory instigates critical discussions about the experiences of mental disorders visualized as disturbed corporeal and mental perceptions of the world. While the introduction of the volume unpacks and assesses the applications of photography in mental disorder studies from theoretical and historical perspectives, the chapters focus on specific cases of Psychosomatic Imagery in contemporary photography. Those cases include, but are not limited to: PTSD, hysteria, paranoia, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and Hikikomori." --

Alternative Title

Photographic reflections on mental disorders

Subject

• Medical photography
• Medicine, Psychosomatic > In art
• Mental illness > Pictorial works
• Mental disorders
• Medicine, Psychosomatic
• Mental illness

Genre/Form

Pictorial works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQD 24-129

ISBN

• 303122714X
• 9783031227141
• 9783031227172
• 3031227174

OCLC

1350414996

Title

Psychosomatic imagery : photographic reflections on mental disorders / Ali Shobeiri, Helen Westgeest, editors.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Shobeiri, Ali, editor.

Westgeest, Helen, 1958- editor.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9783031227158

Research Call Number

JQD 24-129