Catchword: dementia americana

Filed Under: English, United States, Health

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: When Thaw’s attorney made the case that his client had been acting out of a condition he termed dementia Americana—a legitimate rage triggered by the desecration of a man’s home—a powerful nexus of concerns with national identity, patriarchy, class, and the public sphere emerged. Meanwhile (and most interestingly), Evelyn Nesbit Thaw became “the first person to capitalize on a scandal to become a film star.”

Article or Document Title:
“Headline Hollywood” (URL)

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Film Quarterly

Date of Publication:
Summer, 2002

This cite belongs to a full entry for dementia Americana.