House: The Wounded Healer on Television

<p><em>House MD</em> is a globally successful and long-running medical drama. <em>House: The Wounded Healer on Television</em> employs a Jungian perspective to examine the psychological construction of the series and its namesake, Dr Gregory House. </p><p>The book also investigates the extent to which the continued popularity of <em>House MD</em> has to do with its representation of deeply embedded cultural concerns. It is divided into three parts - <em>Diagnosing House, Consulting House and Dissecting House,</em> - and topics of discussion include:</p><ul> <li>specific details, themes, motifs and tropes throughout the series</li> <li>narrative, character and visual structure </li> <li>the combination of performative effects, text and images of the doctor and his team </li> <li>the activities of the hero, the wounded healer and the <em>puer aeternus</em>.</li> </ul><p>Offering an entirely fresh perspective on <em>House MD</em>, with contributions from medical professionals, academics and therapists, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of Jungian psychology. The inclusion of a glossary of Jungian terms means that this book can also be enjoyed by fans of <em>House MD</em> who have been seeking a more in-depth analysis of the series.</p> <p>Introduction. <strong>Part I: Diagnosing House.</strong> <em>Hockley</em>, Doctoring Individuation: Gregory House, Physician, Detective or Shaman? <em>Izod</em>, The Physician’s Melancholia. <em>Hauke</em>, Playing House: Convincing Them of What You Know Simply by Who You Are. <strong>Part II: Consulting House.</strong> <em>Waddell</em>, House’s Caduceus Crutch. <em>Huskinson</em>, Anatomy of Genius: Inspiration Through Banality and Boring People. <em>Cotter</em>, Limping the Way to Wholeness: Wounded Feeling and Feeling Wounded. <em>Porterfield</em>, Our Inner Puer and its Playmates, the Shadow and the Trickster. <strong>Part III: Dissecting House.</strong> <em>Rowland</em>, House Not Ho(l)mes. <em>Gardner</em>, Gestures of Excess: An Exploratory Analysis of Melodrama as a Collective Archetype. <em>Beebe</em>, Not as a Stranger. <em>Miller</em>, I Feel Like a Failure – In-House Feminism. </p>