Description: Further DetailsTitle: BlueCondition: NewSubtitle: A History of Postpartum Depression in AmericaAuthor: Rachel Louise MoranFormat: HardbackISBN-10: 0226835790EAN: 9780226835792ISBN: 9780226835792Publisher: University of Chicago PressGenre: HistoryRelease Date: 10/01/2024Description: A powerful look at the changing cultural understanding of postpartum depression in America. New motherhood is often seen as a joyful moment in a woman’s life; for some women, it is also their lowest moment. For much of the twentieth century, popular and medical voices blamed women who had emotional and mental distress after childbirth for their own suffering. By the end of the century, though, women with postpartum mental illnesses sought to take charge of this narrative. In Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America, Rachel Louise Moran explores the history of the naming and mainstreaming of postpartum depression. Coalitions of maverick psychiatrists, psychologists, and women who themselves had survived substantial postpartum distress fought to legitimize and normalize women’s experiences. They argued that postpartum depression is an objective and real illness and fought to avoid it being politicized alongside other fraught medical and political battles over women’s health. Based on insightful oral histories and in-depth archival research, Blue reveals a secret history of American motherhood, women’s political activism, and the rise of postpartum depression advocacy amid an often-censorious conservative culture. By breaking new ground with the first book-length history of postpartum mental illness in the twentieth century, Moran brings mothers’ battles with postpartum depression out of the shadows and into the light.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 24mmItem Weight: 513gRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Blue
Title: Blue
Subtitle: A History of Postpartum Depression in America
ISBN-10: 0226835790
EAN: 9780226835792
ISBN: 9780226835792
Genre: History
Release Date: 10/01/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Blue : a History of Postpartum Depression in America
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Women, United States / 20th Century, Gynecology & Obstetrics, History
Item Weight: 18.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Psychology, Medical, History
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Rachel Louise Moran
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
