Constructing Panic: The Discourse of Agoraphobia

Constructing Panic: The Discourse of Agoraphobia

by Lisa Capps (Author), Lisa Capps (Author), Elinor Ochs (Contributor)

Synopsis

An analysis of one patient's experience of agoraphobia. Combining psychology and linguistics, this book proposes a view of agoraphobia as a communicative disorder, arguing that for all its frustrations, language is a potent instrument and the primary medium for symbolizing constructions of reality.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 30 Sep 1997

ISBN 10: 0674165497
ISBN 13: 9780674165496