Women and Depression: Recovery and Resistance

by Michelle N. Lafrance and LaFrance Michel

Book Overview

Women and Depression: Recovery and Resistance takes a welcome look at women's experiences of living well after depression. Lafrance argues that the social construction of femininity is dangerous for women's health, and ultimately, central to their experiences of depression. Beginning with a critical examination of the ways in which women's depression is a product of the social, political, and interpersonal realities of their everyday lives, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415404312
• ISBN13: 9780415404310
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"