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The New Black : Mourning, Melancholia, and Depression Larraine D. Segil When Jaouad finally walked outFifty years ago, the terms mourning and melancholia were part of the psychological lexicon. Today, in a world of rapid diagnoses, quick cures, and big pharmaceutical dollars, the catch all concept of depression has evolved to take their place. In The New Black , Darian Leader argues that this shift is more than semantic; rather, it speaks to our culture's complicated relationship with loss, suffering, and grief. Part memoir, part cultural analysis,