Laura D Hirshbein

American Melancholy

Constructions of Depression in the Twentieth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

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. This 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9780813564739
• ISBN-10: 0813564735
• Artikelnr.: 37716521

Autorenporträt

LAURA D. HIRSHBEIN is a practicing clinical psychiatrist and medical historian at the University of Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Prelude to Depression
Chapter Two: Redefining Treatment, Patients, and Disease in the
Ever-Expanding Diagnosis of Depression
Chapter Three: American Moods and the Consumer Solution
Chapter Four: Gender, Depression, Diagnosis, and Power
Chapter Five: Feelings and Relationships
Epilogue: Real Men, Real Depression
Notes
Index