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The New Black : Mourning, Melancholia, and Depression

by Darian Leader
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Essence: Culture's complex reaction to loss

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring our culture's response to loss and grief through a mix of personal memoir and cultural analysis. It offers a fresh perspective on the evolution of depression as a concept and the shifting ways our society understands and copes with mourning and melancholia. The diverse range of examples, from literature to art to psychology, makes it an intriguing and thought-provoking read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of human emotions.

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The New Black : Mourning, Melancholia, and Depression

by Darian Leader
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ISBN: 9781555975425
Authors: Darian Leader
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Date of Publication: 2009-10-27
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy, Science
Related Topics: Theory, Psychology, Mental Health
Goodreads rating: 4.06
(rated by 576 readers)

Description

Fifty years ago, the terms mourning and melancholia were part of the psychological lexicon. Today, in a world of rapid diagnoses, quick cures, and big pharmaceutical dollars, the catch-all concept of depression has evolved to take their place. In The New Black , Darian Leader argues that this shift is more than semantic; rather, it speaks to our culture's complicated relationship with loss, suffering, and grief.Part memoir, part cultural analysis, Leader draws on examples from literature, art, cinema, and history, as well as case studies from his work as a psychologist, to explore the unconscious ways our culture responds to the experience of loss. He visits a bookstore in search of studies on mourning, and, finding none, moves on to the fiction and poetry sections, where he finds countless examples of mourning in literature. Moving from historical texts of the Middle Ages, to Freud's essays, to Lacan, to Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking , Leader provides an innovative tour of mourning and melancholia and our culture's struggle to understand them.
 

Essence: Culture's complex reaction to loss

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring our culture's response to loss and grief through a mix of personal memoir and cultural analysis. It offers a fresh perspective on the evolution of depression as a concept and the shifting ways our society understands and copes with mourning and melancholia. The diverse range of examples, from literature to art to psychology, makes it an intriguing and thought-provoking read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of human emotions.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.