Overview
Taps into the key growth areas of mental health sociology and health psychology
Engages with core themes of sociological interest: biology, nature and biopower
Presents an empirically-informed approach to understanding recovery from depression through a focus on physical embodiment and women's lived experiences
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Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Tourism, Hotel and Sport Management, Griffith University, Southport, Australia
Simone Fullagar
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Department of Tourism, Hotel and Sport Management, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia
Wendy O’Brien
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Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University, Southport, Australia
Adele Pavlidis
About the authors
Wendy O’Brien is an adjunct Research Fellow and interdisciplinary sociologist working within the Griffith Business School. Drawing on theories of affect and new materialism her research explores mental health, women’s well-being, active embodiment, elite sport and liveability.
Adele Pavlidis is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research at Griffith University, Australia. Her work focuses on affective-discursive relations and the ways health and wellbeing are enabled or impeded by a range of sport and physical cultural practices.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Feminism and a Vital Politics of Depression and Recovery
Authors: Simone Fullagar, Wendy O’Brien, Adele Pavlidis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11626-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11625-5Published: 22 August 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11626-2Published: 13 August 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 245
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Gender Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology of the Body, Health Psychology