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Direct linkLivingston, Kathy – Teaching Sociology, 2004
In this paper, the author discusses an exercise she uses requiring students to view a popular film that portrays a particular mental disorder or a character with a mental disorder. Students analyze the film and write two papers, one about the sociological model of mental illness and a second about possible links between media images and the…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Mental Disorders, Films, Sociology
