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.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Medical Anthropology |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 399-411 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISSN | 0145-9740 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Denmark
- body work
- depression
- out-of-tune embodiment
- resonance
- suffering