Men's Discourses of Depression

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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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.

• autonomy
• biography
• discourse
• discourse analysis
• experience
• knowledge
• model

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.

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