In this Book
- Black Dogs and Blue Words: Depression and Gender in the Age of Self-Care
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
summary
Winston Churchill called his own depression his "black dog." Black Dogs and Blue Words analyzes contemporary rhetoric surrounding depression and maintains that the techniques and language of depression marketing strategies target women and young girls, encoding a series of gendered messages about health and illness and encouraging self-diagnosis and self-medication. As depression and other forms of mental illness move from the medical-professional sphere to the consumer-public, the boundary at which distress becomes disease grows ever-more encompassing, the need for remediation and treatment increasingly warranted.
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Additional Information
ISBN
9780813549224
Related ISBN(s)
9780813547206
MARC Record
OCLC
642200649
Pages
230
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No