Jill Kirby

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Feeling the Strain: A Cultural History of Stress in Twentieth-Century BritainPaperback, 8 June 2021

Feeling the Strain: A Cultural History of Stress in Twentieth-Century Britain
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Part of Series
Social Histories of Medicine
Print Length
272 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Date Published
8 Jun 2021
ISBN-10
1526156091
ISBN-13
9781526156099

Description

Examining the popular discourse of nerves and stress, this book provides a historical account of how ordinary Britons understood, explained and coped with the pressures and strains of daily life during the twentieth century. It traces the popular, vernacular discourse of stress, illuminating not just how stress was known, but the ways in which that knowledge was produced. Taking a cultural approach, the book focuses on contemporary popular understandings, revealing continuity of ideas about work, mental health, status, gender and individual weakness, as well as the changing socio-economic contexts that enabled stress to become a ubiquitous condition of everyday life by the end of the century. With accounts from sufferers, families and colleagues it also offers insight into self-help literature, the meanings of work and changing dynamics of domestic life, delivering a complementary perspective to medical histories of stress.

Product Details

Author:
Jill Kirby
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
8 June 2021
Dimensions:
21.59 x 13.97 x 1.45 cm
ISBN-10:
1526156091
ISBN-13:
9781526156099
Language:
English
Location:
Manchester
Pages:
272
Weight:
317.51 gm

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