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UNINA9910461284003321 |
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Autore |
Ussher Jane M. <1961-, > |
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Titolo |
The madness of women : myth and experience / / Jane M. Ussher |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Hove, East Sussex : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-16297-0 |
9786613162977 |
1-136-65632-4 |
0-203-80657-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Mental health |
Women - Psychology |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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