RT Article
T1 Insult to Injury? Women and Mental Disorder in Italian Photography and Visual Culture
JF Violence against women
VO 29
IS 8
SP 1477
OP 1498
A1 Hill, Sarah P.
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1845565061
AB This article shows how representations of women labeled as mentally ill in photography in Italy have been framed and marked by forms of violence, and how they continue to shape perceptions of women. It argues that the Italian case is a particularly interesting and revealing one, and that such images need to be viewed in the context of the shared status of photography and psychiatry as contemporarily “modern” inventions that have played important roles in reinforcing or contesting violent and institutionalized systems of surveillance and oppression of women.
K1 institutional violence against women
K1 Photography
K1 Italy
K1 Mental Illness
K1 women and mental disorder
DO 10.1177/10778012231162041