Research Catalog

Title

Neurocinema : when film meets neurology / Eelco F.M. Wijdicks.

Author

Wijdicks, Eelco F. M., 1954-

Publication

• Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Description

xix, 293 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 23 cm

Summary

"Film directors recognize that neurologic disease impacts mind and motility and often use it in a plot or defining scene. It should be informative and educational to deconstruct neurologic representation in film. Neurocinema: When Film Meets Neurology is a collection of film essays that summarize the portrayal of major neurologic syndromes and clinical signs in cinema. Many films approach the reality of disease quite closely, and as a result, are deeply moving and memorable. Equally important, these films say as much about consequences as they say about the disorder. Therefore, the main themes include sudden confrontation with a major neurologic illness, disability from chronic neurologic disease, and failure to lead a normal life. More than 100 fiction films and documentaries are discussed in this completely original and definitive work on how film meets neurology. The book includes nearly 50 neurology topics, explains them, and places them in a broader context. The book is accessible for all health care workers and general readership" -- From the publisher.

Subject

• Medicine in the Arts
• Motion Pictures
• Nervous System Diseases > psychology
• Neurology
• Physician's Role > psychology
• Physicians > psychology
• Arts medicine
• Mental illness in motion pictures
• Neurosciences in motion pictures

Genre/Form

Electronic books

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Medicine in film -- The neurologist in film -- Neurologic disorders in film -- Neuroethics in film -- Neurologic disorders in documentary film -- Silly neurology in film -- Epilogue : the neurology of cinema.

ISBN

• 9781482242867 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1482242869 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2014027940

OCLC

• 877845316
• SCSB-11484955

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library