{"product_id":"feeling-the-strain-a-cultural-history-of-stress-in-twentieth-century-britain-paperback","title":"Feeling the Strain: A Cultural History of Stress in Twentieth-Century Britain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill Kirby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy examining the popular and vernacular discourse of stress, the book traces the ways in which stress became a ubiquitous condition of everyday life by the end of the twentieth century in Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did stress become the ubiquitous explanation for a range of everyday ills by the end of the twentieth century in Britain? Examining the popular discourse of nerves and stress, this book provides a historical account of how ordinary people understood, explained and coped with the pressures and strains of daily life across the period. It traces the popular and vernacular discourse of stress, illuminating not just how stress was known, but the ways in which that knowledge was produced. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By taking a cultural approach to stress, Kirby focuses on contemporary popular understandings, revealing continuity of ideas about work, mental health, status, gender and inherent individual weakness, as well as the socio-economic contexts that enabled stress to become the accepted explanation for such a wide range of daily experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on a wealth of sources including self-help books, Mass Observation diaries and directives, oral history interviews, social science research and popular culture, it foregrounds continuities in the approach to managing stress and changes in ideas about causation. It reveals a vocabulary of 'nerves' and 'nervous disorders' as precursors to stress but also illustrates the mutability of the stress concept and how its very imprecision gave it utility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Feeling the strain provides first-hand accounts from sufferers as well as their families and colleagues and offers insight into self-help literature, the meanings of work and changing dynamics of domestic life over the century, delivering a complementary perspective to medical histories of stress and other similar mental health conditions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJill Kirby is Lecturer in History at the University of Sussex\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239969288466,"sku":"9781526156099","price":64.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/R3RPNER0TVlYMzNZOW9taFJHL0Rydz09.webp?v=1777890529","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/feeling-the-strain-a-cultural-history-of-stress-in-twentieth-century-britain-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}