کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1048648 | 1484540 | 2013 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Research has attributed the ‘silent suffering’ of men with depression to the influences of dominant masculine ideals such as strength and stoicism. Similarly, rural ideals – romanticized notions about rural places – have been shown to mute mental health issues and create barriers to help-seeking. This article examines the experiences of men with depression in Prince George, a northern resource-based community in British Columbia, Canada. Findings reveal how depressed men and their female partners enacted strategies to positively reinforce men’s gendered sense of self, in a context that otherwise may render them ‘out of place’. While favouring men’s wellbeing, these strategies can also perpetuate an invisible geography of men’s depression.
► Research links men’s ‘silent suffering’ to dominant masculine ideals.
► Men’s depression is often positioned as out of place in rural spaces.
► Men’s depression challenges eased with redefined heterosexual gender relations.
► Men maintained a positive gendered sense of self with alternative masculinities.
► Aspects of dialogic masculinities perpetuated a private geography of men’s depression.
Journal: Health & Place - Volume 21, May 2013, Pages 94–101