02377nam 2200589 450 991048102150332120170920004159.00-8147-3840-0(CKB)3710000000718963(EBL)4533324(OCoLC)951222846(SSID)ssj0001674058(PQKBManifestationID)16472695(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001674058(PQKBWorkID)13541744(PQKB)11213263(MiAaPQ)EBC4533324(EXLCZ)99371000000071896320160610h20052005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe myth of empowerment women and the therapeutic culture in America /Dana BeckerNew York, New York ;London, England :New York University Press,2005.©20051 online resource (209 p.)Includes index.0-8147-9925-6 Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Introduction; 2 In the Self's Country: Individualism in America; 3 Romancing the Self: From Mind Cure to Psychotherapy; 4 American Nervousness and the Social Uses of Science; 5 Long Day's Journey: From Sentimental Power to Professional Expertise; Interlude: Feminism and Ongoing Dialectic of Equality versus Difference; 6 Psychological Woman and Paradox of Relational Individualism; 7 The Myth of Empowerment; 8 American Nervousness Redux: Women and the Discourse of Stress; Afterword; Notes; IndexAbout the AuthorWomenMental healthUnited StatesHistoryWomenMental healthUnited StatesSocial aspectsWomenUnited StatesPsychologyPower (Social sciences)Women and psychoanalysisElectronic books.WomenMental healthHistory.WomenMental healthSocial aspects.WomenPsychology.Power (Social sciences)Women and psychoanalysis.362.10820973Becker Dana850226MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910481021503321The myth of empowerment2018664UNINA