A Media Theory Approach to Representations of ‘Nervous Illness’ in the Long Nineteenth Century

RT @JofVictCulture: This #article, by David Trotter, examines the asylum memoirs of John Perceval using the theory of 'cultural techniques.…

This #article, by David Trotter, examines the asylum memoirs of John Perceval using the theory of 'cultural techniques.' For this patient, insanity was a process that coincided with an enhanced attention to infrastructure as medium or cultural technique.

David Trotter on "A Media Theory Approach to Representations of 'Nervous Illness' in the Long Nineteenth Century" #CulturalTechniques #HauntedMedia #Bateson #MediaArchaeology https://t.co/JazsfsoS8p