{"product_id":"mental-illness-and-narrative-complexity-melanie-kreitler-9781399542012","title":"Mental Illness and Narrative Complexity: An Experiential Approach to Puzzle Films and Complex Television","description":"\u003cp\u003eMainstream media's relationship with mental illness is fraught. Deemed to misrepresent and sensationalise non-normative mental states, productions are said to solidify harmful attitudes in their audiences. Over the past two decades, puzzle films and complex TV shows have broken with time-honoured tropes of mental illness, offering alternative ways of visualising and narrating non-normative mental states. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together cognitive media studies, narrative theory and cultural studies, Melanie Kreitler explores the synergy between complex narrative structures and representations of mental illness. Focusing on US American films and TV shows since the mid-1990s, the book shows how complex productions strategically use their narrative structures to evoke in viewers an experience similar to that of the neuro-non-normative protagonist. Moving beyond the formal characteristics and cognitive effects of narrative complexity, this book argues for the cultural impact that puzzle films and complex television can have on our understanding of mental illness on and off screens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melanie Kreitler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 139954201X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399542012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Melanie Kreitler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153626247423,"sku":"9781399542012","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62340692-f2f3-4c92-a87a-927efa57a19c.jpg?v=1770784744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mental-illness-and-narrative-complexity-melanie-kreitler-9781399542012","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}