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Record Nr.

UNISA996199892003316

Autore

Ussher Jane

Titolo

Body Talk [[electronic resource] ] : The Material and Discursive Regulation of Sexuality, Madness and Reproduction

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002

ISBN

0-203-27732-5

1-134-74091-3

1-280-32850-9

0-203-13532-6

0-415-15364-6

9786610328505

1-134-74092-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

302

306.4

Soggetti

Body, Human

Body, Human - Social aspects

Discursive psychology

Feminism

Human reproduction

Materialism

Mental illness

Mind and body

Physiology

Psychology

Sex (Psychology)

Social aspects

Somatotypes

Women

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: towards a material  discursive analysis of madness, sexuality and reproduction Jane M. Ussher; Women's bodies, women's lives and depression: towards a reconciliation of material and discursive accounts Janet M. Stoppard; Mental health, critical realism and lay knowledge David Pilgrim and Anne Rogers; AIDS panic Corinne Squire; Screaming under the bridge: masculinity, rationality and psychotherapy Stephen Frosh; Adolescent bodies: boy crazy memories and dreams Janet Sayers

The discursive construction and regulation of dissident sexualities: the case of SM Gary W. Taylor Framing the sexual 'Other': the regulation of lesbian and gay sexuality Jane M. Ussher; Intimacy and love in late modern conditions: implications for unsafe sexual practices Helne Joffe; Reading the bleeding body: discourses of premenstrual syndrome Catherine Swann; Menopause: bodily changes and multiple meanings Myra S. Hunter and Irene O'Dea; Anorexic bodies and the discursive production of feminine excess Helen Malson; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Psychology has traditionally examined human experience from a realist perspective, focusing on observable 'facts'. This is especially so in areas of psychology which focus on the body, such as sexuality, madness or reproduction. In contrast, many sociologists, anthropologists and feminists have focused exclusively on the cultural and communicative aspects of 'the body' treating it purely as an object constructed within socio-cultural discourse.This new collection of sophisticated discursive analyses explores this divide from a variety of theoretical standpoints, including psychoanalysis,