Men's Discourses of Depression

by D. Galasinski

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349353521
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2008
Edition description:	1st ed. 2008
Pages:	209
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dariusz Galasiński 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.

Table of Contents

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