Men's Discourses of Depression

2008. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-35352-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 209 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 286 g

An original and timely study of men's experiences of depression in which the author tackles the discursively constructed relationship between the self and depression showing its linguistic and social complexity and analyses the relationship between depression and masculinity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galasinski, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Men, Depression and Discourse Analysis Discourses of Depression The Experience of Autonomy (Of Depression) At Arms' Length. The Not-So-Depressed Self Life Illness. Depression and the Accounts of Everyday Life Normal Biographies. Depression and the Life Story The Timeless Self. The Inevitability of Depression Lesser Men. Depression and the Model of Masculinity Men's  Imperatives. Men, Depression and Work Rejections. Men, Depression and The Family Insight and Suffering: A Linguist's View of Psychopathology References Index

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.