The New Black - Mourning, Melancholia, and Depression (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Graywolf Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	October 2009
Authors:	Darian Leader
Dimensions:	193 x 127 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	223
ISBN-13:	978-1-55597-542-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Abnormal psychology Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with death & bereavement
LSN:	1-55597-542-9
Barcode:	9781555975425

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