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Fathers, Fatherhood and Mental Illness

A Discourse Analysis of Rejection

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  1. Dariusz Galasiński
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 1-31

  3. I Did Too Little: Stories of Failed Fatherhood

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 32-47

  4. A Father’s Love: Towards a Normal Family

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 48-63

  5. The Father in Hiding

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 64-83

  6. The Father Communicating on Illness

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 84-106

  7. The Silent Father

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 107-125

  8. Children and the Illness

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 126-142

  9. The Rejected Father

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 143-164

  10. Fathers, Fatherhood and Mental Illness

    • Dariusz Galasiński
    Pages 165-173

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 174-196
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About this book

Fathers, Fatherhood and Mental Illness provides the first book-length study of fathers' experiences of mental illness, arguing that a discourse analytic focus upon the experience of mental illness is relevant both to social scientists and mental health scholars and practitioners.

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: Fathers, Fatherhood and Mental Illness

  • Book Subtitle: A Discourse Analysis of Rejection

  • Authors: Dariusz Galasiński

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230393028

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

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

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-39301-1Published: 12 November 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-35219-7Published: 01 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-39302-8Published: 12 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 196

  • Topics: Discourse Analysis, Clinical Psychology, Sociolinguistics, Psychopathology, Gender Studies

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