American Melancholy traces the growth of depression as an object of medical study and as a consumer commodity and illustrates how and why depression came to be such a huge medical, social, and cultural phenomenon. It is the first book to address gender issues in the construction of depression, explores key questions of how its diagnosis was developed, how it has been used, and how we should question its application in American society.
American Melancholy traces the growth of depression as an object of medical study and as a consumer commodity and illustrates how and why depression came to be such a huge medical, social, and cultural phenomenon. It is the first book to address gender issues in the construction of depression, explores key questions of how its diagnosis was developed, how it has been used, and how we should question its application in American society.
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American Melancholy: Constructions of Depression in the Twentieth Century
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American Melancholy: Constructions of Depression in the Twentieth Century
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780813564739 |
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Publisher: | Rutgers University Press |
Publication date: | 03/26/2014 |
Series: | Critical Issues in Health and Medicine |
Edition description: | First Paperback Edition |
Pages: | 208 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d) |