Bibliograph

Depression, a public feeling, Ann Cvetkovich

Type

Label

Depression, a public feeling, Ann Cvetkovich

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Depression

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

779876753

Responsibility statement

Ann Cvetkovich

Sub title

a public feeling

Summary

This work crafts a cultural analysis that can adequately represent depression not as medical pathology but as a historical category, a felt experience, and a point of entry into discussions about theory and contemporary culture

Table Of Contents

Part I. The Depression journals (a memoir) -- Going down -- Swimming -- The return-- Reflections : memoir as public feeling research method -- Part II. A public feelings project (a speculative essay). 1. Writing depression : acedia, history, and medical models -- 2. From dispossession to radical self-possession : racism and depression -- 3. The utopia of ordinary habit : crafting, creativity, and spiritual practice

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