Men's Discourses of Depression
Published on 1. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
VIII, 209 pages
978-1-349-35352-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
1st ed. 2008
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
VIII, 209 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-35352-1 (9781349353521)
DOI
10.1057/9780230227620
Schweitzer Classification
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D. Galasinski
Men's Discourses of Depression
Book
07/2008
Palgrave Macmillan
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Person
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.
Content
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