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Black dogs and blue words depression and gender in the age of self-care

Title
Black dogs and blue words [electronic resource] : depression and gender in the age of self-care / Kimberly K. Emmons.
Author
Emmons, Kimberly, 1972-
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010.

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 213 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Black dogs and blue words (Online)
Alternative Title
Black dogs and blue words (Online)
Subject
  • Depression in women
  • Mental illness in mass media
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-208) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Depression, a rhetorical illness -- Articulate depression : the discursive legacy of biological psychiatry -- Strategic imprecision and the self-doctoring drive -- Isolating words : metaphors that shape depression's identities -- Telling stories of depression : models for the gendered self -- Diagnostic genres and the reconfiguring of medical expertise -- Conclusion : toward a rhetorical care of the self.
LCCN
2009021737
OCLC
ssj0000412946
Author
Emmons, Kimberly, 1972-
Title
Black dogs and blue words [electronic resource] : depression and gender in the age of self-care / Kimberly K. Emmons.
Imprint
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-208) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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