Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts221/v4/7f/d5/74/7fd57413-9fe7-2416-fdc1-8f95b5274b99/mza_8463442927228356561.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

Full Audiobook: Because Life's Too Short to Read Every Word

Full Audiobooks

2000 episodes

1 month ago

Download 3 full audiobooks of your choice free at https://hotaudiobook.com/free

Just pick any 3 audiobooks free from 500,000+ best sellers, new releases sci-fi, romances, mysteries, classics, and more. Select your favorite audiobooks, free, stream or download your audiobooks instantly on your smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop. It's that easy!

Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Drama

Fiction

RSS

All content for Full Audiobook: Because Life's Too Short to Read Every Word is the property of Full Audiobooks and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Drama

Fiction

https://storage.googleapis.com/hotaudiobook/img/120515.jpg

Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell - K.J. Aiello

Full Audiobook: Because Life's Too Short to Read Every Word

9 hours 58 minutes 14 seconds

1 year ago

Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell - K.J. Aiello

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on
https://hotaudiobook.com/free

Title: Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell
Author: K.J. Aiello
Narrator: K.J. Aiello
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:58:14
Language: English
Release date: 09-18-2024
Publisher: ECW Press
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Non-Fiction, Social Science, Literary Criticism

Summary:
Revelatory memoir and cultural criticism that connects popular fantasy and our perceptions of mental illness to offer an empathetic path to compassionate care Growing up, K.J. Aiello was fascinated by magical stories of dragons, wizards, and fantasy, where monsters were not what they seemed and anything was possible. These books and films were both a balm and an escape, a safe space where Aiello’s struggle with mental illness transformed from a burden into a strength that could win battles and vanquish villains. A unique blend of memoir, research, and cultural criticism, The Monster and the Mirror charts Aiello’s life as they try to understand their own mental illness using The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and other stories as both guides to heroism and agency and cautionary tales of how mental illness is easily stereotyped as bad and violent. Aiello questions who is allowed to be “mad” versus “sane,” “good” versus “evil,” and “weak” versus “strong,” and who is allowed to tell their own stories. The Monster and the Mirror explores our perceptions of mental illness in a way that is challenging and tender, empathetic and knowledgeable, and offers a path to deeper understanding and compassionate care.