In this Book
- American Melancholy: Constructions of Depression in the Twentieth Century
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
- Series: Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
summary
In American Melancholy, Laura D. Hirshbein 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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- Chapter 1. Prelude to Depression
- pp. 9-26
- Chapter 5. Feelings and Relationships
- pp. 107-126
- Epilogue: Real Men, Real Depression
- pp. 127-134
- About the Author
- p. 195
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813551142
Related ISBN(s)
9780813545844
MARC Record
OCLC
794701258
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No