Abstract
Based on fieldwork among adults suffering from depression in Denmark, I explore depression as an out-of-tune embodiment, characterized by disturbances of bodily experiences and loss of bodily resonance. I depict my informants’ efforts to attune to the rhythm of the everyday through different kinds of body work. This perspective calls for an acknowledgement of the resonant body, and provides a non-reductionist portrayal of depression that differs from the dominant understanding of depression as an individual (brain) disorder. These findings suggest a paradigm shift, in which depression slowly is beginning to be acknowledged as a bodily, relational, and social phenomenon.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Medical Anthropology |
Vol/bind | 38 |
Udgave nummer | 4 |
Sider (fra-til) | 399-411 |
Antal sider | 13 |
ISSN | 0145-9740 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2019 |