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Publisher description for Bipolar expeditions : mania and depression in American culture / Emily Martin. Manic behavior holds an undeniable fascination in American culture today. It fuels the plots of best-selling novels and the imagery of MTV videos, is acknowledged as the driving force for successful entrepreneurs like Ted Turner, and is celebrated as the source of the creativity of artists like Vincent Van Gogh and movie stars like Robin Williams. Bipolar Expeditions seeks to understand mania's appeal and how it weighs on the lives of Americans diagnosed with manic depression.…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2009Princeton University Press · 400 pages · 9780691141060
- Other · English · 2009Princeton University Press · 400 pages · 9781400829590
- Other · English · 2007Princeton University Press · 370 pages · 9780691004235
Cultural AnthropologyBipolär sjukdom44.91 psychiatry, psychopathologyKulturanthropologieBipolar DisorderCultural aspectsManic-depressive illnessSociala aspekter