Feeling the Strain: A Cultural History of Stress in Twentieth-Century Britain

by Jill Kirby

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526123290
• ISBN13: 9781526123299
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"