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The madness of women
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Nominated for the 2012 Distinguished Publication Award of the Association for Women in Psychology!Why are women more likely to be positioned or diagnosed as mad than men?If madness is a social construction, a gendered label, as many feminist critics would argue, how can we understand and explain women's prolonged misery and distress? In turn, can we prevent or treat women's distress, in a non-pathologising women centred way? The Madness of Women addresses these questions through a rigorous exploration of the myths and realities of women's madness.</P
| Title |
The madness of women : myth and experience / Jane M. Ussher. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
Hove, East Sussex : Routledge |
| Creation Date |
2011 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
| Content |
Front Cover The Madness of Women Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements 1. The madness of women: myth or experience? 2. The daughter of hysteria: depression as a `woman's problem'? 3. Labelling women as mad: regulating and oppressing women 4. Woman as object, not subject: madness as response to objectification and sexual violence 5. The construction and lived experience of women's distress: positioning premenstrual change as psychiatric illness 6. Women's madness: resistance and survival Appendix Notes References Index |
| Series |
Women and psychology |
| Extent |
1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997012410404505171 |
MARC RECORDS
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