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

Kirby, Jill

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1526156091 ISBN 13 : 9781526156099

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2021

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jill Kirby is Lecturer in History at the University of Sussex

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1526156091
• ISBN 13: 9781526156099
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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