https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:3760 Wed 11 Apr 2018 18:46:01 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:3729 Wed 11 Apr 2018 14:20:58 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:1865 Wed 11 Apr 2018 12:36:49 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:15113 Wed 11 Apr 2018 10:16:31 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:53315 Tue 21 Nov 2023 13:22:08 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36706 Sherlock (UK, BBC, 2010-), Homeland (USA, Showtime, 2011-), Perception (USA, TNT, 2012-2015), Hannibal (USA, NBC, 2013-2015) and Black Box (USA, ABC, 2014). Theoretically, this paper draws on Sami Schalk's formulation of the 'superpowered supercrip narrative', which refers to the 'representation of a character who has abilities or «powers» that operate in direct relationship with or contrast to their disability'. This paper is also indebted to Davi A Johnson's 'Managing Mr. Monk' (2008) for its discussion of mental illness as attaining 'social value' through becoming a resource with economic and ethical value, as do the conditions of the fictional characters explored in this article. Schalk's work on disability is here expanded to a more specific discussion of mental illness on television, while Johnson's work is updated to discuss whether the newer characterisations reflect the same rhetorical positioning as Monk (USA, USA Network, 2002-2009), one of the earliest texts celebrated for featuring a lead, sympathetic character clearly and explicitly identified with a mental health condition. Of the five lead characters examined here, three are figured as responsible for their symptoms because they have chosen not to take medication or withdraw from their medication. It is concurrently presented that if they do take medication, it dampens their abilities to perform valuable work in the community, thus removing their use value within the world of the series.]]> Thu 25 Jun 2020 15:14:41 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:43203 Thu 20 Oct 2022 10:30:45 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:39483 Thu 20 Oct 2022 09:58:02 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:44690 Thu 20 Oct 2022 09:57:26 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:31663 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:44:47 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:8497 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:37:40 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:7951 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:34:56 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:11051 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:12:32 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:16406 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:51:12 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:6736 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:49:46 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:5732 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:45:08 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:29036 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:37:20 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:3783 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:21:43 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:3577 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:19:28 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:30903 Fri 22 Apr 2022 10:33:00 AEST ]]>