Fathers, Fatherhood and Mental Illness

A Discourse Analysis of Rejection
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-35219-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 269 g

Fathers, Fatherhood and Mental Illness provides the first book-length study of fathers' experiences of mental illness, arguing that a discourse analytic focus upon the experience of mental illness is relevant both to social scientists and mental health scholars and practitioners.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galasinski, Dariusz

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. I Did Too Little. Stories of Failed Fatherhood 3. Father's Love. On Normal Family 4. The Father in Hiding 5. The Father Communicating Illness 6. The Silent Father 7. Children and the Illness 8. The Rejected Father 9. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Dariusz Galasi?ski is Professor of Discourse and Cultural Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and Visiting Professor at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland. His books include Language of Deception, Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis (co-author), Men and the Language of Emotions, The Language of Belonging (co-author) and Men's Discourses of Depression.