Dariusz Galasinski 
Fathers, Fatherhood and Mental Illness [PDF ebook] 
A Discourse Analysis of Rejection

Fathers, Fatherhood and Mental Illness provides the first book-length study of fathers’ experiences of mental illness, arguing that a discourse analytic focus upon the experience of mental illness is relevant both to social scientists and mental health scholars and practitioners.

Inhoudsopgave

1. Introduction 2. I Did Too Little. Stories of Failed Fatherhood 3. Father’s Love. On Normal Family 4. The Father in Hiding 5. The Father Communicating Illness 6. The Silent Father 7. Children and the Illness 8. The Rejected Father 9. Conclusions

Over de auteur

Dariusz Galasi?ski is Professor of Discourse and Cultural Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and Visiting Professor at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland. His books include Language of Deception, Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis (co-author), Men and the Language of Emotions, The Language of Belonging (co-author) and Men’s Discourses of Depression.