Viewing popular films about mental illness through a sociological lens

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-128

  Livingston, Kathy ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1342309268     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X0403200111     Document Type: Review

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