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Men's Discourses of Depression

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  1. Dariusz Galasiński
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Men, Depression and Discourse Analysis

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 1-22

  3. Discourses of Depression

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 23-43

  4. The Experience of Autonomy (of Depression)

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 44-57

  5. At Arm’s Length. The Not-So-Depressed Self

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 58-74

  6. Life Illness. Depression and the Accounts of Everyday Life

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 75-89

  7. Normal Biographies. Depression and the Life Story

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 90-105

  8. The Timeless Self. The Inevitability of Depression

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 106-120

  9. Lesser Men. Depression and the Model of Masculinity

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 121-135

  10. Men’s Imperatives. Men, Depression and Work

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 136-150

  11. Rejections. Men, Depression and the Family

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 151-168

  12. Insight and Suffering: A Linguist’s View of Psychopathology

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 169-180

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 181-209
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About this book

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.

About the author

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Men's Discourses of Depression

  • Authors: Dariusz Galasiński

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230227620

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-50752-4Published: 10 July 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-35352-1Published: 01 January 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-22762-0Published: 10 July 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 209

  • Topics: Sociolinguistics, Gender Studies, Self and Identity

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