Situating Sadness: Women and Depression in Social Context (Qualitative Studies in Psychology)
by: Janet M. Stoppard,Linda M. McMullen (Editor)
Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology (Book 20)
Hardcover: 228 pages
Publisher: NYU Press (May 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0814798004
ISBN-13: 9780814798003
Book Description
Review
"Why do women experience depression at twice the rate of men? This important collection brings the missing voices of women's own experience to the discussion, with rich and original results. Contributorsleading researchers as well as rising starsprovide sophisticated and nuanced studies of women working to make sense of and cope with their experiences of depression. An important analysis of gendered expectations in creating the context for depression. A needed and most welcome addition to fathoming the experience of depression." (Stephanie A. Shields,author of Speaking from the Heart: Gender and the Social Meaning of Emotion)
"This book brings together work from a number of researchers who have been in the vanguard of changing the ride. . . . presents a powerful and convincing case for a relational approach." (Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology)
About the Author
Janet M. Stoppard is Professor of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. She is the author of Understanding Depression: Feminist Social Constructionist Approaches.
Linda M. McMullen is Professor of Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan.页面提取自－Situating Sadness 9780814798003.pdf
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